| dc.description.abstract | Tourism has many dimensions. Travelling provides a huge opportunity for people with disabilities.
Disabled people often feel the most comfortable in their place of residence, place of
work, natural environment associated with their routine. This is due the fact that said environment
has already been accessed and personalized to their special needs. The farther from
their natural environment, the more barriers a disabled person faces. Tourism has a spatial
character, therefore it is related to movement. People with disabilities have the same motivation
for travelling as healthy people, however, their full participation is often limited by
numerous architectural, organizational, or even mental barriers, connected with their own
concerns. Meanwhile, the number of people with disabilities is growing. Disturbing is also the
increasing number of people temporarily disabled after strokes or hearth attacks. Tourism
by movement allows to eliminate the unpleasant consequences of disability in both physical
and mental terms. The purpose of this article is to present the spatial aspect of tourism of
people with disabilities, the barriers that they face while travelling and leaving their customized
environment. Additionally, the paper presents the role of tourism in the process of social
rehabilitation of the disabled and their activation with the rest of society. | en |
