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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.
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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.

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Inclusive tourism: the experiences and expectations of Indonesian wheelchair tourists in nature tourism

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors present the results of the experiences of Indonesian wheelchair tourists in natural destinations by utilising the exclusion-inclusion and critical theory, and the findings revealed that participants were excited about travelling, but the barriers made wheelchair tourists more selective in choosing natural destinations.
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Airport Accessibility and Mobility: Infrastructures, Services and Perception of Passengers with Reduced Mobility

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the service needs of passengers with disabilities and identified factors that inhibit them to travel in this type of transport, and developed an analysis of various documents regarding these passengers' experience within the airport to identify the main obstacles that compromise their rights.
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Rediscovering identity through leisure travel: Lived experiences of persons with disabilities

TL;DR: Insight is provided into how travelling, as a leisure occupation, facilitated discovery of a new identity for people with disabilities.
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Beyond access: Accessibility-related online information

TL;DR: In this paper, an exploratory analysis of accessibility related content concerning facilities and services provided by accommodation establishments in the top 10 most livable US cities for wheelchair users is presented, where the authors identify opportunities for growth, development, and advocacy surrounding the nexus of tourism and disability and advance a call for more comprehensive facilities, services, and accessibility information.
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The Confucian Paradigm of Man: A Sociological View

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural pattern of Chinese attitudes and behavior by analyzing the Confucian paradigm of man is discussed, which is a common feature of Chinese people and has been unexplored in theoretical analyses.
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Chinese Culture and Mental Health

TL;DR: How are minor mental health problems perceived by management and mitigation of mental health issues of cultural issues in mental health welcome to usq eprints chinese culture and mental health sciencedirect.
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Assessing the Travel-Related Behaviors of the Mobility-Disabled Consumer

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a survey of a cross-section of mobility-disabled consumers and found that disability relates to environmental criteria, accessible criteria, and activities criteria and that those with more severe disabilities travel differently and for different reasons.
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Leisure of disabled tourists: barriers to participation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors categorize the barriers that disproportionately affect disabled tourists as intrinsic barriers (resulting primarily from the tourist's own levels of cognitive, physical, and psychological function); environmental barriers (consisting of externally imposed limitations); and interactive barriers, resulting from the reciprocal interaction between the tourist and the immediate milieu).
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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.
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