From tourism and disability to accessible tourism: a perspective article

Darcy, S; McKercher, B; Schweinsberg, S

From tourism and disability to accessible tourism: a perspective article

Darcy, S

McKercher, B Schweinsberg, S

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Publisher:: Emerald
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Tourism Review, 2020, 75, (1), pp. 140-144
Issue Date:: 2020-02-08

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dc.contributor.author	Darcy, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-2566
dc.contributor.author	McKercher, B
dc.contributor.author	Schweinsberg, S
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-02T23:05:53Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-02T23:05:53Z
dc.date.issued	2020-02-08
dc.identifier.citation	Tourism Review, 2020, 75, (1), pp. 140-144
dc.identifier.issn	1660-5373
dc.identifier.issn	1759-8451
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143040
dc.description.abstract	© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This paper aims to examine the development of disability and tourism to the conceptualising and defining of accessible tourism. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a limited review of the literature as its main approach. Findings: In reviewing the development of the field from disability and tourism to accessible tourism, it became apparent that there has been a change in focus on the accessibility of the key sectors of tourism (e.g. transport, accommodation and attractions) to incorporating an embodied understanding of tourism in developing accessible destination experiences that provide an equality of offering to that of nondisabled tourists. Originality/value: This paper makes a contribution by clearly following the development of the field from papers that only considered tourism and disability to conceptualise and define the accessible tourism field. It then goes on to identify a significant challenge due to an underlying empirical data gap through a lack of nationally and regionally collected tourism data that incorporates disability questions.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Emerald
dc.relation.ispartof	Tourism Review
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1108/TR-07-2019-0323
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dc.subject	1506 Tourism
dc.title	From tourism and disability to accessible tourism: a perspective article
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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pubs.issue	1
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© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This paper aims to examine the development of disability and tourism to the conceptualising and defining of accessible tourism. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a limited review of the literature as its main approach. Findings: In reviewing the development of the field from disability and tourism to accessible tourism, it became apparent that there has been a change in focus on the accessibility of the key sectors of tourism (e.g. transport, accommodation and attractions) to incorporating an embodied understanding of tourism in developing accessible destination experiences that provide an equality of offering to that of nondisabled tourists. Originality/value: This paper makes a contribution by clearly following the development of the field from papers that only considered tourism and disability to conceptualise and define the accessible tourism field. It then goes on to identify a significant challenge due to an underlying empirical data gap through a lack of nationally and regionally collected tourism data that incorporates disability questions.

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