Tourism, disability and mobility.
01 Nov 2010-pp 1-20
About: The article was published on 2010-11-01. It has received 32 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tourism & Social inequality.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make a philosophical and ontological contribution to tourism knowl-edge and make a three part agenda for tourism educators and researchers concerned to embrace co-transformative learning, which responds to the challenges of creating just and sustainable tourism worlds.
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...…comparison (Freeman & Selmi, 2010), disability discrimination approaches (Darcy & Taylor, 2009; Shaw, 2007; Shaw, Veitch, & Coles, 2005; Small & Darcy, 2010; Veitch & Shaw, 2011), attitudes towards people with disability (Bizjak, Knezevic, & Cvetreznik, 2010; Daruwalla & Darcy, 2005),…...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined key concepts and global initiatives that will shape accessible tourism futures, including motivations, dreams and aspirations of people with disability; demography; UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; destination competitiveness; universal design (UD); and the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
Abstract: Purpose Accessible tourism is evolving as a field of academic research and industry practice, set within a dynamic social context. The field is interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary. The purpose of this paper is to examine key concepts and global initiatives that will shape accessible tourism futures. Design/methodology/approach Three of the authors have extensive academic experience in the area and the fourth author is the Managing Director of the pre-eminent European Network for Accessible Tourism. In taking a limited Delphi approach to canvassing key areas likely to shape accessible tourism futures, the following concepts and policy initiatives were examined: motivations, dreams and aspirations of people with disability; demography; UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; destination competitiveness; universal design (UD); and the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Findings A discussion of each of the above areas was placed in context to accessible tourism...
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...Adapted from Buhalis et al. (2005), Clawson and Knetsch (1966), Leiper (2003), Packer et al. (2007), Small and Darcy (2010) PAGE 182 j JOURNAL OF TOURISM FUTURES j VOL. 1 NO. 3 2015 (World Health Organization and World Bank, 2011)....
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TL;DR: In this paper, natural data on the Australian Human Rights Commission website outlining the complaint cases generated from Disability Discrimination Act, 1992 (DDA) were used to examine the social construction of disability discrimination.
Abstract: Natural data on the Australian Human Rights Commission’s website outlining the complaint cases generated from Disability Discrimination Act, 1992 (DDA) were used to examine the social construction ...
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