Best Practice in Accessible Tourism: Inclusion, Disability, Ageing Population and Tourism

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Dimitrios Buhalis Simon Darcy

Best Practice in Accessible Tourism

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Inclusion, Disability, Ageing Population and Tourism

Dimitrios Buhalis, Simon Darcy, Ivor Ambrose

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Channel View Publications
09 February 2012

Sales & marketing; Tourism industry

Series: Aspects of Tourism

This volume presents an international selection of invited contributions on policy and best practice in accessible tourism, reflecting current practices across a range of destinations and business settings. It brings together global expertise in planning, design and management to inform and stimulate providers of travel, transport, accommodation, leisure and tourism services to serve guests with disabilities, seniors and the wider markets that require good accessibility. Accessible tourism is not only about providing access to people with disabilities but also addresses the creation of universally designed environments, services and information that can support people who may have temporary disabilities, families with young children, the ever-increasing ageing population, as well as creating safer work places for employees. The book gives ample evidence that accessible tourism organisations and destinations can expand their target markets as well as improve the quality of their service offering, leading to greater customer satisfaction, loyalty and expansion of business.

Edited by: Dimitrios Buhalis, Simon Darcy, Ivor Ambrose
Imprint: Channel View Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 53
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 737g
ISBN: 9781845412531
ISBN 10: 1845412532
Series: Aspects of Tourism
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 09 February 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/icthr/

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis is a Strategic Management and Marketing expert with specialisation in Technology and Tourism at Bournemouth University. Professor Buhalis is leading eTourism research and he is a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and the President of the International Federation for Information Technologies in Travel and Tourism (IFITT). Dr Simon Darcy is an Associate Professor and Research Director in the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism at the University of Technology, Sydney. Simon's research and teaching expertise is in sport, tourism and diversity management. He currently holds research grants investigating organisational responses to accessible tourism, sports management practices and protected area visitor management systems. Ivor Ambrose is the Managing Director and co-founder of ENAT, the European Network for Accessible Tourism. He has worked for over 30 years as a researcher, project manager, development and policy advisor in the fields of building design and evaluation, public housing, accessibility and assistive technologies for disabled and elderly people, accessible tourism and information systems.

Reviews for Best Practice in Accessible Tourism: Inclusion, Disability, Ageing Population and Tourism

In 25 chapters, Best Practice in Accessible Tourism provides a 'state-of-the-art' assessment of both theory and practice. This book establishes a new field of study and provides the benchmark against which other contributions will be judged. It integrates the work of all the key players and should be read by academics, managers and government policy makers. Noel Scott, University of Queensland, Australia The editors have assembled an excellent compilation of thought provoking, cutting edge international chapters on best practice in accessible tourism. The text provides important insights into current practices and policies, but also critically reflects on what more needs to be done. This timely work is a must read for practitioners, policy makers and academics. David J. Telfer, Brock University, Canada