Giulio Mario Cappelletti – Università di Foggia, Dipartimento di Economia, Via Caggese, 1 – 71122 Foggia, Italy
Piero Bianchi – Università di Foggia, Dipartimento di Economia, Via Caggese, 1 – 71122 Foggia, Italy
Giovanni Russo – Consorzio di Bonifica del Gargano, Viale Colombo, 243 – 71122 Foggia, Italy
Carmela Strizzi – Parco Nazionale del Gargano, Via S. Antonio Abate, 121 – 71037 Monte Sant’Angelo, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2019.337


5th International Conference – ERAZ 2019 – KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Budapest – Hungary, May 23, 2019, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
Conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, Mediterranean University, Montenegro; University of National and World Economy – Sofia, Bulgaria; Faculty of Commercial and Business Studies – Celje, Slovenia; Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance – Belgrade, Serbia;

ISBN 978-86-80194-20-2, ISSN 2683-5568, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2019

Abstract

Numerous cases of protected areas have used a range of measures to provide autonomous
access to visitors with special needs during their visits. This paper aims to illustrate the interventions at
the Parco Nazionale del Gargano (Gargano National Park) and the Consorzio per la Bonifica Montana
del Gargano (Consortium of Reclamation Gargano) to make accessible visits possible for people with
special needs.

Key words

accessibility, disability, natural protected area.

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