Attitudes of Future Tourism Sector Employees Towards Organise Accessible Tourism

The aim of this paper is to show a theoretical approach to the evolution of concepts perceiving disability, taking into account the medical, social, and geographical models, as the basis for the development of principles concerning the organisation of accessible tourism for people with disabilities （PWD）. The main research objective was to identify the current attitudes of future, potential employees in the tourism （tourism and recreation students at the time of the study） towards accessible tourism. The study was based on surveys performed in May 2013 at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznafi （UAM, Poland） and the State University in Irkutsk （HFY, Russia）, a total sample of 216 people. The main section of the survey contained four questions regarding issues such as： optimal ways to organise tourism products for people with a disability; attitudes towards spending leisure time together with people with a disability; and specific requirements concerning the introduction of various types of improvements in tourism products aimed at people with a disability. In both cases, the results revealed that future tourism employees hold attitudes which are prevailingly open and positive towards the needs of tourists with disabilities. However, the hypothesis that the main factor influencing a reluctance to enter into contact with PwD is a lack of experience in this area, resulting in insufficient knowledge of what conditions the behaviour of PwD was also confirmed. This is a highly significant conclusion which should consider if mandatory educational programmes in the field of tourism and recreation studies are to be improved.

Analysis of Spatial Mismatch of Tourism Development in Guangdong Province

The spatial mismatch situation of tourism development in Guangdong Province is analyzed by gravity model and two-dimensional matrix based on the spatial mismatch hypothesis,and the results are visualized using Arc GIS software.This study finds that varying degrees of spatial mismatch exist between the level of tourism development,abundance of tourism resources and accessibility of tourism locations in the 21 cities in Guangdong Province.The gravity centers for tourism economy,tourism resources and tourism location are（113.55°E,23.00°N）,（113.69°E,23.21°N）and（113.74°E,22.86°N）,respectively.According to the two-dimensional combinatorial matrices,synchronous development is shown in 10 prefecture-level cities for the tourism revenue-resource abundance combination,whereas it is shown in seven prefecture-level cities for the tourism revenue-tourism location combination.Guangzhou and Shenzhen are synchronous-double high zones for both combinations,while Foshan,Qingyuan,Yangjiang,Zhongshan and Jieyang are deviating-negative mismatch zones for both combinations.Furthermore,the vast majority of prefecture-level cities within the province currently present mismatching trends in tourism development.Based on the analysis results,corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are put forward taking into account the actual situation and opportunities for further tourism development in various prefecture-level cities.