BARRIER-FREE STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCLUSIVE TOURISM IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article analyzes the Action Plan for 2023-2024 for the implementation of the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Environment in Ukraine for the period until 2030 (approved by the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated April 25, 2023 No. 372-p) to determine the opportunities for development of inclusive tourism. For this purpose, the research method which involves three levels was used: 1) study of strategic goals, vision, target indicators, expected results of each of the six directions of the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier-Free Environment in Ukraine for the period until 2030: physical, information, digital, social and civil, educational, economic; 2) selection of tasks from the Action Plan for 2023–2024 for the implementation of the National Strategy related to the development of inclusive tourism in Ukraine; 3) generalization of the activities of the Association of Inclusive Rehabilitation and Social Tourism, as well as the Center for Social and Educational Integration and Inclusive Rehabilitation and Social Tourism «Without Barriers» of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University; identifying the resources of these centers for implementation of directions and action plan of the National Strategy in the context of inclusive tourism as a comprehensive rehabilitation of people with disabilities during the war and post-war recovery.Summarizing the activities of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, it was established that among the strategic goals, along with high-quality higher education, social issues are outlined. These issues are aimed at the social integration of vulnerable categories of citizens, in particular people with disabilities. Among the innovative technologies developed at the university, inclusive tourism is an effective means of complex rehabilitation. Theoretical and practical results from this problem occupy an important place in the development of inclusive tourism in Ukraine