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TRAVELING WITH A DISABILITY More than an Access Issue
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In this article, a qualitative study was conducted employing indepth interviews and focus groups to explore the tourism experiences of individuals with mobility or visual impairments, and the results revealed that they experience five different stages in the process of becoming travel active: personal, re-connection, tourism analysis, physical journey, and experimentation and reflection.About:
This article is published in Annals of Tourism Research.The article was published on 2004-10-01. It has received 319 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Accessible tourism & Tourism.read more
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Is aviation an enabler or barrier for disabled passengers? a review of disability rights and policy for airline passengers in the eu and uk
TL;DR: The authors assesses to what extent the aviation sector in the EU, particularly the UK, is carrying out its legal obligations and whether a new ethos towards disabled travellers has been created because of regulations both at EU and national level since 2006.
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Applying Inclusive Design and Digital Storytelling to Facilitate Cultural Tourism: A Review and Initial Framework
TL;DR: In this article , the authors review and identify key challenges and opportunities in the interrelationship between cultural tourism, inclusive design, and digital storytelling fields, and propose an initial framework to help future growth of cultural tourism through increasing visitors' motivation and diversity.
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Barrierefreier Tourismusraum Konstanz
TL;DR: In this article , a vorliegende study analyzes the barrierefreiheit der Stadt Konstanz im Hinblick auf Angebote für and Nachfrage von Touristinnen and Touristen.
Mental Construal Priming as a Facilitator of Leisure Travel among People with Mobility Challenges
TL;DR: In this article, paired-samples t-tests have been conducted within each priming group, and only direct effects were found among the concrete group, within which both the perceived autonomy and perceived competence were significantly reduced after priming.
Kültür varliklari ve müzeleri̇n engelli̇ turi̇st zi̇yareti̇ne uygunluğunu beli̇rlemeye yöneli̇k bi̇r araştirma
TL;DR: In this paper, the suitibility of the Cultural Heritage and Museums for disabled tourist visitation was evaluated in Turkey, based on a pre-prepared questionnaire with specified cultural heritage and museums managers.
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Leisure of disabled tourists: barriers to participation
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Travel agents as facilitators or inhibitors of travel: perceptions of people with disabilities.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the perception of people with disabilities towards the effectiveness of travel agents in Hong Kong and found that travel agents are largely deficient in catering to the needs of this specialist market.