Accessibility as a Competitive Advantage of a Tourism Destination—Opportunities for Slovakia

Šebová, Ľubica; Marčeková, Radka; Kaščáková, Alena

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92491-1_18

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“…Botanic garden tourism research and insights underline issues of diversity in some respect for some places that highlight certain types of visitor economy and perception [6,9,11,37]. Various studies have shown that historically, this has benefited relatively affluent, able-bodied, and well-educated visitors, contributing to exclusion of potential minority, disabled, and economically disadvantaged groups, which may not necessarily represent intentional exclusion in this day and age but rather just a need to innovate on reach, engagement, facilities, and services for the wider community and, in many cases, forgotten others [6][7][8][9][10][11][102][103][104][105][106]. Measures and efforts to broaden access and inclusion are apparent when reviewing the sector's offerings; however, further innovation is needed to ensure botanic garden tourism promotes diversity and equity along dimensions of ethnicity, gender, age, income, and ability, but this list is not exhaustive.…”

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Botanic Garden Tourism, Social Value, Health, and Well-Being

Catahan,

Hopwood,

Suraweera

2024

JZBG

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Many botanic gardens are flourishing, and many others can learn from those leading the way; at the same time, all can form new allegiances informed by service research. We developed this paper to plant seeds for different stakeholders interested in putting a spotlight on botanic garden tourism opportunities. It is in response to a call to action by many stakeholders across the botanic garden sector for greater public engagement, to challenge plant awareness disparity, and to ensure the vitality and viability of the sector. Our commentary considers positive, transformative service making, marketing, management, and development. We recommend holistic, integrated services via ecosystemic thinking and collaborative partnerships across the sector and with non-traditional partnerships in the design of sustainable service ecosystems. It is envisaged that service research will spur on a more responsible, ethical, moral enterprise and sustainable botanic garden tourism with opportunities to drive positive, transformative change in meeting sustainable development goals for the good of plants, people, and planet.

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