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Josh Grisdale started the discussion Thoughts on new Accessibility and Inclusive Tourism Development – Compendium? in the forum Accessible Travel Academy 3 years ago
Thoughts on new Accessibility and Inclusive Tourism Development – Compendium?
The Working Group on Accessible Tourism recently (May 2021) published a new PDF on “Accessibility and Inclusive Tourism Development in Nature Areas – Compendium of Best Practices”.
You can get the PDF here:
https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284422777
Anyone have any initial thoughts?
pieterghijsels replied to the discussion Is it ”accessible tourism” or ”inclusive tourism”? in the forum Accessible Travel Academy 3 years ago
Is it ”accessible tourism” or ”inclusive tourism”?
To add my two cents, I’d say that inclusion is, indeed, a much wider concept and that accessibility is a vital part of inclusion. But in the end, the real issue is nothing ‘special’, but a matter of good customer service.
Inclusion is our contemporary society’s response to diversity. The keyword is “belonging”. The idea is that we all…
Josh Grisdaleschroth-sensei replied to the discussion Is it ”accessible tourism” or ”inclusive tourism”? in the forum Accessible Travel Academy 3 years ago
Is it ”accessible tourism” or ”inclusive tourism”?
From having a construction design and Exceptional Student Education background (not to mention being a person living with a disability), and more recently working with Josh here, I’ve used these terms often. From my personal view, “Accessible” has seemingly been used more with disability-related websites in conjunction with tourism/travel…
Josh GrisdaleOhayo Travel replied to the discussion Is it ”accessible tourism” or ”inclusive tourism”? in the forum Accessible Travel Academy 3 years ago
Is it ”accessible tourism” or ”inclusive tourism”?
My feeling:
Accessible tourism links with the concrete cases of easiness of use of services and facilities for people with accessibility needs.
Inclusive tourism has a more weight on the idea of social justice and is used in the context of “sustainable and inclusive”.
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