It's More Fun in the Philippines - A Descriptive-Evaluative Study Determining Persons-with-Disability (PWD) Friendly Features of Hotels in Metro Manila

1. It’s More Fun in the Philippines: A
Descriptive-Evaluative Study
Determining PWD Friendly
Features of Hotels in Metro
Manila
Bulusan, A.N., * Franco, R.L. * Gregorio, L.M. *
Maximo, B.K. * Alconcel N., OTRP, MOH

2. INTRODUCTION

3. Accessible Tourism

4. Social Model

5. Disability Statistics
Older persons and persons
with disability:
• comprise 10% of the
world’s population
•represent a large and
growing market for both
business and leisure travel

6. “Barrier-Free”
• The Philippine tourism has decided to tap
the disabled market and launch campaigns
for a more barrier-free tourism
• “lack of information is a barrier” (Darcy,
2003)

7. Objectives of the Study
1. to determine common barriers present in
the participating hotels
2. to determine accessible features that are
present and or absent in the participating
hotels
3. to determine if the present accessible
features fall within the standard
measurements.

8. METHODOLOGY

9. Study Design
• Descriptive Design: seeks to determine the
present PWD friendly features of hotels in
Metro Manila
• Evaluative Design: used an accessibility
factsheet as an assessment tool

10. 4 Phases of the Study

11. Phase 1: Planning

12. Key Informant Interviews
• 3 licensed architects
• 1 Occupational Therapist with a post-
graduate certificate on occupational health

13. Architects
Inclusion Criteria
- Obtained a college degree on B.S.
Architecture
- Passed the Architecture licensure exams
- With at least 2 years of practice in their field

14. Occupational Therapist
Inclusion Criteria
- Obtained a college degree on B.S. Occupational
Therapy
- Obtained a post-graduate certificate in
occupational health related to Occupational
Therapy
- Passed the local board exams for Occupational
Therapists
- Must have more than 2 years of practice in their
field

15. Accessibility Factsheet
• Previous documents on accessibility:
- 2010 ADA (American’s with Disability Act) for
Accessible Design
- BP 344
- Accessibility Checklist from the Kentucky
Department of Vocational Rehab (2001
Edition)

16. Validators
Inclusion Criteria
- Has a research interest on Accessible Tourism
- Has a Master’s Degree related to Occupational
Therapy or Physical Therapy
- Has practiced his/her profession for more than 2
years
- Has knowledge on the RA 7277- Magna Carta of
Disabled Persons, BP 344, and Accessibility Laws
- Has studied and/ or has taught ergonomics

17. Phase 2: Recruitment

18. Participants
•n = six (6) 3 to 5-star
hotels
•convenience sampling

19. Participating Hotels
Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
• 3-5 star hotel • “Bed and Breakfast”
• located in Metro • Hostels
Manila • Motels
• at least within a 3-5
km radius of tourist
destination/s

20. Phase 3: Implementation

21. Accessibility Factsheet

22. Phase 4: Data Analysis

23. Frequency Count

24. RESULTS/DISCUSSIO
N

25. Phase 1 Results
•KII:
Accessibility is an important aspect that
should be considered and given importance
when designing an establishment.

26. Phase 1 Results:
Factsheet

27. Phase 1
Results:
Factsheet

28. Phase 1 Results
•Factsheet
-accessible: feature is present and falls within
standard measurements

29. Phase 1 Results
-Barrier:
(a) Feature is not present
(b) Feature is present but does not fall within
standard measurements (inaccessible)
-“Common”: present in all 6 hotels

30. Phase 3 Results
Summary of results (n=6)
Accessible Barriers
Hotels Features features Absent Inaccessible Total
present present
(A - F) Features features
present
Total 303 206 162 136 298
Items
(Raw)
Percen 60.12 40.87 32.14 26.98 59.13
tage
(%)

31. Phase 4 Results

32. Phase 4 Results

33. Common Features
Present

34. Common Accessible
Features

35. Common Barriers

36. Common Barriers

37. Social Model
•Disablement is an attribute of the
environment to which he wishes to
participate his occupations in.
•Promotes environmental modification as
a necessity to facilitate participation of
PWD into all areas of citizenship.

38. CONCLUSION

39. Conclusion
Common barriers found to be present in
the hotels involve physical aspects of the
environment, while the social aspect was
found to be a common accessible feature
among the 6 participating hotels.

40. Accessibility is an important aspect of
each destination, and it benefits not only
PWD and the elderly, but also all the
costumers/tourists heading that
destination.
Conclusion

41. Thus, accessible tourism should be
supported and further promoted by
architects, occupational therapists,
tourism industrialists, and the greater
part of society alike
Conclusion

42. IMPLICATIONS/
RECOMMENDATIONS

43. Accessible Tourism and
Occupational Therapy
-“physical environment” of
accessibility
- needs and supports required to
fully participate in tourism activities

44. Accessible Tourism and
Occupational Therapy
-safely assist PWD
• training and supporting tourism
staff
• increasing safety of the PWD,
• preventing injuries to the staff

45. Accessible Tourism and
Occupational Therapy
- cultural aspects that are included
in tourism occupation

46. Accessible Tourism and
Research
- Include a larger sample size
- Examine a broader range of
facilities specific to hotels

47. Accessible Tourism and
Research
- Conduct study in other main
tourist locations
- Include PWDs in the study

48. References
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2012.
[3] Cherian, S. and Ellis, L. (2010). Access
Thailand: background and occupational therapy
connection. Retrieved from
http://www.unc.edu/~scoppola/thailandaccessiblet

49. References
[4] Darcy, S. (2011). Accessible tourism. USA: Channel
View Publications.
[5] Darcy, S. et. al. (2003). Barrier-free tourism for PWD
in the Asia and Pacific region. Retrieved from
http://www.adb.org/documents/reports/disabled-people-
development/philippines.pdf last December 22, 2011.
[6] Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Improving Information on Accessible Tourism for Disabled
People. Retrieved from
http://eden.kulturturizm.gov.tr/Eklenti/4603,improvingacce
ssibilityen1.pdf?0 last December 29, 2011.

50. THANK YOU! 