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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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Transport geography and new European realities: a critique
TL;DR: A brief evaluation of recent transport geography research and publication can be found in this paper, where the authors argue that both "positivist" and "new mobilities" approaches have validity in transport geography and argue that clear mutual benefit would result from greater engagement.
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The contribution of holiday trips to life satisfaction: the case of people with disabilities
TL;DR: In this paper, the contribution of holiday trips to the life satisfaction of people with disabilities as compared to people without disabilities was analyzed, focusing on the effects of the intensity of taking part in holiday trips on life satisfaction.
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The Influence of Extraversion on Leisure Constraints Negotiation Process: A Case of Korean People with Disabilities
Seong Ok Lyu,Chi-Ok Oh,Hoon Lee +2 more
TL;DR: Yau et al. as discussed by the authors employed the constraint-effects-mitigation model originally proposed by Hubbard and Mannell (2001) as a theoretical framework of the constraints negotiation process to examine how diverse elements of the leisure constraints negotiation mechanism (i.e., constraints, motivations, negotiation, and participation) are interconnected to each other.
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Investigating the accessibility factors affecting hotel satisfaction of people with physical disabilities
TL;DR: Accessibility dimensions, disability types and forms of assistive devices had significant impact on the hotel satisfaction while accessibility of public, recreation and other areas, and baths in rooms were the strongest predictors of the satisfaction.
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Effects of perceived constraints and negotiation on learned helplessness: a study of Chinese senior outbound tourists.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how Chinese senior outbound tourists' perceived travel constraints and negotiation efforts affect learned helplessness in outbound travel and identified four perceived constraints (perceived incapability, lack of suitable travel agencies and services), lack of information and personal support, and complex travel decision-making).
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Assessing the Travel-Related Behaviors of the Mobility-Disabled Consumer
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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.
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