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The accessibility of beaches for blind people and their guide dogs: accessible tourism and inclusion in Spain

The Tourist Review, 2023
Purpose The purpose of this research is to analyse the accessibility of Spanish beaches for blind people and their guide dogs as an inclusive tourist destination for national and international tourists.
Lázaro Florido-Benítez
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accessible Tourism

Public Works Management & Policy, 2004
Galveston is a small city with numerous tourist attractions: museums, historical buildings, the beach, Moody Gardens, and several festivals each year. This research investigates if these tourist attractions are accessible to the elderly and disabled.
Lalita Sen, Sara Mayfield
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Accessible tourism: how people with vision impairment and blindness experience tourism and “see” the invisible

The Tourist Review, 2023
Purpose Traditionally vision-focused, tourism effectively ignores the other senses. With tourists travelling to “see” places, an understanding of how people with vision impairment or blindness (PwVIB) experience tourism is currently lacking.
Nick Noghan, Peter O’Connor, Marianna Sigala   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stakeholders’ perception of accessible tourism implementation based on corporate sustainability and responsibility: a SEM-based investigation

The Tourist Review, 2022
Purpose In spite of the increased interest of academics, there has not been a thorough examination of the actors and factors of accessible tourism (AT) development.
Md Shahzalal, I. Elgammal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Conceptualizing Accessible Tourism with Smart Technologies

Journal of Smart Tourism, 2022
In recent years, UNWTO and academics have called for the development of responsible, sustainable, and universally accessible tourism to promote equal human rights and social inclusion.
K. Lin, Huiyue Ye, Rob Law
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diving with dignity? Older women scuba divers, constraints and accessible tourism on the Great Barrier Reef

Annals of Leisure Research, 2022
The average age of travelers is rising. Research shows increases in the older tourist segment, which prefers opportunities to participate in adventurous activities.
Sally F. Gregory
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accessible Tourism – understanding blind and vision-impaired tourists’ behaviour towards inclusion

The Tourist Review, 2022
Purpose The physiological and psychological issues that limit people with vision impairment make it difficult for them to participate in tourism activities and enjoy the various benefits of tourism.
Guanghui Qiao, Ya-Ting Cao, Junmiao Zhang   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Intersection of Technology, Accessible Tourism and Tourists With Intellectual Disabilities: Proposing a Novel Conceptual Framework

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2022
This research aimed to understand the experiences of tourists with intellectual disabilities using travel technologies , and to identify determinants and deterrents. A qualitative approach was adopted to execute the research across two studies.
F. Ali, L. Cain, T. Legendre, L. Wu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring the potential of virtual realty for accessible tourism: the case of elderly and disabled in Makassar city, Indonesia

Tourism Recreation Resarch
This study explores Virtual Reality (VR) technology's potential to enhance tourism accessibility for elderly and disabled populations in Makassar City. Using a mixed-methods approach, 20 participants (12 elderly, 8 with mobility disabilities) engaged in ...
M. Sirih, A. Duli, M. Achmad
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accessible Information Space to Promote Accessible Tourism

2006
Currently about 10-20% of the population are affected by a disability from temporary or permanent nature. For these people accessibility is a requirement and a necessity. The implementation of accessibility concerns all areas of he society, including tourism objects and tourism services.
Franz Pühretmair, Klaus Miesenberger
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