TOURISM INDUSTRY IN ROMANIA AND THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Babaita Carmen Mihaela ()
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Babaita Carmen Mihaela: Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Facultatea de Economie Banci Administrarea Afacerilor

Annals of Faculty of Economics, 2012, vol. 1, issue 1, 481-486

Abstract: Internationally, elaborated research about the tourism of people with disabilities are rather limited, and they focus more on the lack of physical access to certain services in hotels. But very few studies have been published on the issue of tourism and people with disabilities. In this context, this paper draws attention to the issue of the tourism of people with disabilities in Romania. The aging population is a growing phenomenon worldwide and it leads to the shaping of a new market segment with a visible and complex dynamic, namely that of persons with disabilities. The purpose of this study is to identify other potential external barriers related to the development of tourism of people with disabilities in Romania, such as hotel infrastructure. At the same time it has been tested the degree to which managers of these hotels are aware of the phenomenon itself and their opinions on the development of this area.

Keywords: tourism; people with disabilities; consumer profile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M20 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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