DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSURANCE SERVICES AND THE ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT IN THE SPHERE OF TOURISM ON THE TERRITORIES OF CISBAIKALIA
O.V. EVSTROPYEVA, T.N. SHEKHOVTSOVA, L.A. SUMENKOVA, K.V. DULYA
V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033, Irkutsk, ul. Ulan-Batorskaya, 1, Russia
ledotop@irigs.irk.ru
Keywords: tourism, Cisbaikalia, insurance of tourists, local population, accessible environment
Abstract
The growing popularity of Lake Baikal as the tourist destination determines the strengthened focus on the well-being of a territory. A significant factor for such well-being is the development of insurance services and of the accessible tourist environ ment. An analysis is made of the existing practices of carrying out insurance activity for different groups of tourists. The assess ment of the availability of insurance services is made from the method of effecting a tourist’s policy of insurance, the existence of offices of insurance companies on the territory of recreation as well as from the efficiency of rendering medical and financial assistance in the event of maturity of the insurance risk. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of developing the accessible environ ment for tourists with disabilities, which will improve the image of a territory as well as making more comfortable the habitat of the local population in the Cisbaikalian areas of Irkutsk oblast.
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