Possibilities for Disabled Tourists: Case Study of Central Bohemia

Disabled visitors and senior visitors with some health limitations are a significant target group for the tourism market. They travel during the low season, in many cases also with accompaniment. Orientation on accessible tourism brings some benefits also for tourism destinations. To those benefits belong, e.g., generation of employment opportunities or increasing revenues from tourism. The research of the paper was oriented to a holiday offer for disabled visitors. The paper maps possibilities for disabled visitors during their stay in the Central Bohemia Region, Czechia. Two tourist-attraction towns were in the center of research attention – Kutná Hora and Poděbrady. The paper analyzed accessibility of accommodation and catering facilities, barrier-free options for visiting cultural sites, educational or cycling routes. We can state that both researched towns dispose of some possibilities and facilities for disabled visitors. The town of Poděbrady offers few opportunities to state in a hotel and some attractions are barrier-free or accessible with assistance. On the other hand, the town of Kutná Hora is friendly for wheelchair users. They have the possibilities to visit the main attractions. But there are only a few possibilities of barrier-free accommodation.