Doğa Temelli Erişilebilir Turizm: Rize Örneği (Nature-Based Accessible Tourism: Case of Rize)

Abstract

Although the individuals with several disabilities have certain special needs in order to participate in tourism, these individuals' motivation and the right of participation into tourism are the same as healthy individuals. This study investigates the disabled individuals' participation into nature-based tourism activities in Rize. Although the study adopts mixed method research, it is mainly based on a qualitative research paradigm. Research design of the study is the grounded theory. In order to analyse the quantitative data a Mann-Whitney-U test was employed. The sample of the study is the travel and accommodation enterprises in Rize. The qualitative data was gathered through standardised open ended interviews. And the quantitative data was collected through two different surveys which were designed for accommodation enterprises and travel agencies. In the analysis of the data, after the open coding and axial coding, the main category was determined as "application" in selective coding phase.