Conference Paper

CHILD-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AND CHILD-FRIENDLY TOURISM: WHAT KIND OF A RELATIONSHIP?

Bahar Taner *
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Abstract

Around the world, the target group of family-friendly and child-friendly tourism generally consists of middle- and high-income families. Yet creating a society in which low-income families can also participate in the tourism market as an extension of social tourism can contribute to world peace by fostering mutual understanding and empathy among families from different socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures. For countries, cities, and businesses to succeed in family- and child-friendly tourism, the relevant concepts and the relationships between them must therefore be examined. Child-Friendly Communities or Child-Friendly Cities are environments organized within the framework of UNICEF's Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child-Friendly Tourism is a form of tourism activity carried out in the context of family tourism and requires tourism businesses and their surrounding environments to be organized in a child-friendly manner. This conceptual study examines the concepts of the child, being child-friendly, child-friendly communities, and child-friendly tourism, explores the relationships among them, and presents recommendations.

Keywords: Child-Friendly Community,Child-Friendly Tourism,Social Tourism

Details

Primary Language
Türkçe
Authors
Bahar Taner *
Article Type
Conference Paper
Submission Date
2 April 2019
Publication Date
25 June 2019
Page Range
47–62
Published Issue
2019 · Issue 3

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