Manual on Accessible Tourism for All (Module I: Accessible Tourism – Definition and context)

Publication title: Manual on Accessible Tourism for All (Module I: Accessible Tourism – Definition and context)

Editorial: World Tourism Organization

Author/s: World Tourism Organization, ONCE Foundation and ENAT

Year of publication: 2015

Subject: Tourism

Support: Digital and physical

Summary:

“In module I, theoretical bases and an exposition of the accessibility barriers that can be found in activities related to tourism are established. A wide range of beneficiaries of Accessible Tourism is highlighted, where the emergence of the “tourist” is highlighted. “senior” who develops a tourist activity similar or superior to other population groups and who presents needs and demands that require accessibility measures. In this first module, a breakdown of the economic impact of accessibility in tourism is also carried out and a “list of statistical data that prove that accessibility, in addition to a right, is a quantitatively very relevant business opportunity.”

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