Is the Turkish tourism industry ready for a disabled customer's market?. The views of hotel and travel agency managers

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 382-389

  Ozturk, Yuksel ^a   Yayli, Ali ^a   Yesiltas, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disabled customers; Hotel; Physically disabled people; Travel agency; Turkish tourism industry

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 36549081324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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