A conference on inclusive tourism has the dual responsibility of applying best practices in meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) while also modeling full participation for people of all abilities. Such a conference aims to showcase inclusive practices and provide a venue for improving them by directly engaging people with disabilities. It also works to promote universal human rights to cultural participation as affirmed in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Effective data collection on travelers with disabilities and collaboration between industry and disability advocacy groups is needed to better understand this important market segment.
Travel & Disability Address to the Carlo Besta InstituteScott Rains
Travel & Disability Address to the Carlo Besta Institute Neurology in the Third Millennium: From disability to social reinsertion, April 17, 2009 by Dr. Scott Rains,
Transed 2010 Plenary Full Paper Accessible Tourism (Simon Darcy)Simon Darcy
Darcy, S. (2010, 2-4 June). Plenary Address - Accessible tourism: A question of trust, strategic knowledge management and a commitment to sustainability. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED) - Sustainable Transport and Travel for All, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Drawing on the last 15 years of research, policy and industry engagement, a way forward for accessible tourism is presented. The solution is based on the development of strategic knowledge management to provide a reliable foundation for trust on which to make informed choices for accessible destination experiences. First, demand research is examined to understand what consumers with disabilities seek when planning their trips and the experiences they desire when travelling. Second, the plenary connects the demand requirements of consumers with disabilities to that of the supply-side approaches of the industry and suggests that government coordination roles at national and regional levels have very important roles to play in developing a triple bottom line approach to accessible tourism. Lastly, an argument is presented that suggests that only by understanding accessible tourism as part of social and environmental sustainability can a sound foundation be put in place to develop the economic potential of this group.
Accessible Tourism: A question of trust, strategic knowledge management and a...Simon Darcy
Darcy, S. (2010, 2-4 June). Plenary Address - Accessible tourism: A question of trust, strategic knowledge management and a commitment to sustainability. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED) - Sustainable Transport and Travel for All, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Drawing on the last 15 years of research, policy and industry engagement, a way forward for accessible tourism is presented. The solution is based on the development of strategic knowledge management to provide a reliable foundation for trust on which to make informed choices for accessible destination experiences. First, demand research is examined to understand what consumers with disabilities seek when planning their trips and the experiences they desire when travelling. Second, the plenary connects the demand requirements of consumers with disabilities to that of the supply-side approaches of the industry and suggests that government coordination roles at national and regional levels have very important roles to play in developing a triple bottom line approach to accessible tourism. Lastly, an argument is presented that suggests that only by understanding accessible tourism as part of social and environmental sustainability can a sound foundation be put in place to develop the economic potential of this group.
Travel & Disability Address to the Carlo Besta InstituteScott Rains
Travel & Disability Address to the Carlo Besta Institute Neurology in the Third Millennium: From disability to social reinsertion, April 17, 2009 by Dr. Scott Rains,
Transed 2010 Plenary Full Paper Accessible Tourism (Simon Darcy)Simon Darcy
Darcy, S. (2010, 2-4 June). Plenary Address - Accessible tourism: A question of trust, strategic knowledge management and a commitment to sustainability. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED) - Sustainable Transport and Travel for All, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Drawing on the last 15 years of research, policy and industry engagement, a way forward for accessible tourism is presented. The solution is based on the development of strategic knowledge management to provide a reliable foundation for trust on which to make informed choices for accessible destination experiences. First, demand research is examined to understand what consumers with disabilities seek when planning their trips and the experiences they desire when travelling. Second, the plenary connects the demand requirements of consumers with disabilities to that of the supply-side approaches of the industry and suggests that government coordination roles at national and regional levels have very important roles to play in developing a triple bottom line approach to accessible tourism. Lastly, an argument is presented that suggests that only by understanding accessible tourism as part of social and environmental sustainability can a sound foundation be put in place to develop the economic potential of this group.
Accessible Tourism: A question of trust, strategic knowledge management and a...Simon Darcy
Darcy, S. (2010, 2-4 June). Plenary Address - Accessible tourism: A question of trust, strategic knowledge management and a commitment to sustainability. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED) - Sustainable Transport and Travel for All, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Drawing on the last 15 years of research, policy and industry engagement, a way forward for accessible tourism is presented. The solution is based on the development of strategic knowledge management to provide a reliable foundation for trust on which to make informed choices for accessible destination experiences. First, demand research is examined to understand what consumers with disabilities seek when planning their trips and the experiences they desire when travelling. Second, the plenary connects the demand requirements of consumers with disabilities to that of the supply-side approaches of the industry and suggests that government coordination roles at national and regional levels have very important roles to play in developing a triple bottom line approach to accessible tourism. Lastly, an argument is presented that suggests that only by understanding accessible tourism as part of social and environmental sustainability can a sound foundation be put in place to develop the economic potential of this group.
STRENTHENING PROTECTION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN FORCED DISPLACEMENTDonbassFullAccess
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 15 percent of any population are persons with disabilities1, with potentially higher proportions in communities that have fled conflict or natural disasters. Hence it can be estimated that there may be approximately 126,716 persons with disabilities among the population of refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and stateless persons in Ukraine.
In situations of forced displacement, persons with disabilities may be at heightened risk of exploitation and violence; and often face numerous barriers to accessing humanitarian assistance. In addition, persons with disabilities are often excluded from participation in decisionmaking processes and opportunities to use their capacities to benefit their families and communities.
UNHCR’s Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) Policy details the organization’s wider commitment to a rights-based approach and highlights that effective protection will only be achieved by ensuring equal consideration is given to the needs and capacities of different age, gender and diversity groups within displaced communities. UNHCR is thus committed to ensuring that the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs with disabilities are met without discrimination.
Newcomers and health linguistic hindrances. Multiple non - standard language...Paolo Tentori
English version of "Infermieristica multiculturale: le difficoltà linguistiche dei migranti".
IPASVI Latina - IPASVI Frosinone (Italy), 5 - 6 settembre 2014
Accessible Arts Festivals Forum 19 July 2011 V4 For WebSimon Darcy
The keynote address was to major festival directors to assist with improving inclusive practices for people with disabilities and others with access needs. Please references as:
Darcy, S. (2011, Tuesday, 19 July 2011). Keynote: Disability, Customer Service and Developing an Access Culture for Major Festivals. Paper presented at the Accessible Arts Festivals Forum, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House.
Turismo Accesible. Recomendaciones de la OMT 2013 (inglés)Turismo Accesible
La Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT) realizó unas recomendaciones para adoptar las buenas prácticas para el desarrollo del turismo accesible en el mundo. Fueron presentadas en Septiembre del 2013.
2013 World Tourism Organization Accessible Tourism UpdateScott Rains
The UNWTO recommendations on "Accessible Tourism for All" (2013) have been approved and endorsed by the General Assembly. Updated from the 2005 version, the recommendations outline a form of tourism that involves a collaborative process among stakeholders to enable people with access requirements to function independently through universally designed tourism products, services and environments. These recommendations were developed within the framework of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 2007.
Accessible Tourism for All defines the appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, transportation, information and communications and facilities open to the public or for public use.
"Accessibility is a central element of any responsible and sustainable tourism policy. It is both a human rights imperative and an exceptional business opportunity," said UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai. "Above all, we must come to appreciate that accessible tourism does not only benefit persons with disabilities or special needs, it benefits us all," he added.
Along this line, a manual on "Accessible Tourism for All" is set to be published in late 2013, designed to guide tourism stakeholders to improve the accessibility for tourism destinations, facilities and services worldwide.
The development of the Manual is a joint effort between UNWTO, the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) and two Spanish institutions, the ACS Foundation and the ONCE Foundation. According to the World Health Organization (2011), there are approximately 1 billion persons with disabilities in the world, or 15% of the world population having a physical, mental or sensory disability. UNWTO´s "Declaration on the Facilitation of Tourist Travel (2009) underlines travel and tourism facilitation for persons with disabilities as an essential element of any policy for the development of responsible tourism.
DECLARATION ON UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TOURISM
The UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities broadly outlines and emphasizes the importance
of Universal Accessibility. Article 9 states that persons with disabilities have a right to live independently
and participate fully in all aspects of life and that State parties should take appropriate measures to ensure
that persons with disabilities have equal access on an equal basis with others.
Universal Access is defined as the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be
usable by all persons to the greatest extent possible without the need for adaptation or specialized design,
including assistive devices and technologies for particular groups of persons with disabilities where these
are needed., universal access means the removal of cultural, physical, social and other barriers that
prevent people with disabilities from entering, using or benefiting from the various systems of society that
are available to other citizens, (UN Convention Article 2).
2016 : LIFESTYLE TRENDS & TOURISM HOW CHANGING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IMPACTS TRA...Lausanne Montreux Congress
The End of Adventure? is the first of five Consumer Lifestyle Trends which together form the core of the Lifestyle
Trends & Tourism Report – a comprehensive research project that provides a future-facing summary of the most
important consumer changes impacting travel to Europe, particularly from the key markets of China, Brazil, the
USA and Canada.
Whilst the report is intended to form one cohesive body of work – including an opening chapter on contextual drivers –
each individual Trend Chapter offers its own data analysis, qualitative research, case studies of how changes are being
leveraged within the travel industry, and recommendations for how NTOs and destination marketers should respond.
Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Summary Dr Lendy Spires
Why Tourism & Intangible Cultural Heritage? UNWTO Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Intangible Cultural Heritage is embodied in those practices, expressions, knowledge, and skills, as well as in associated objects and cultural spaces, that communities and individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. Transmitted through generations and constantly recreated, it provides humanity with a sense of identity and continuity.* This global wealth of traditions has become one of the principal motivations for travel, with tourists seeking to engage with new cultures and experience the global variety of performing arts, handicrafts, rituals, cuisines, and interpretations of nature and the universe.
As celebrated on World Tourism Day 2011, ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures’, the cultural interaction spurred by such encounters prompts dialogue, builds understanding, and, in turn, fosters tolerance and peace. One of the challenges currently facing the tourism sector is to contribute to the identification, protection and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage through tourism development. Fostering the responsible use of this living heritage for tourism purposes can provide new employment opportunities, help alleviate poverty, curb rural flight migration among the young and marginally-employed, and nurture a sense of pride among communities.
Tourism also offers a powerful incentive for preserving and enhancing intangible cultural heritage, as the revenue it generates can be channelled back into initiatives to aid its long-term survival. Intangible cultural heritage must be thoughtfully managed if it is to survive in an increasingly globalised world. True partnerships between communities and the tourism and heritage sectors can only occur if all sides develop a genuine appreciation for each other’s aspirations and values.
STRENTHENING PROTECTION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN FORCED DISPLACEMENTDonbassFullAccess
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 15 percent of any population are persons with disabilities1, with potentially higher proportions in communities that have fled conflict or natural disasters. Hence it can be estimated that there may be approximately 126,716 persons with disabilities among the population of refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and stateless persons in Ukraine.
In situations of forced displacement, persons with disabilities may be at heightened risk of exploitation and violence; and often face numerous barriers to accessing humanitarian assistance. In addition, persons with disabilities are often excluded from participation in decisionmaking processes and opportunities to use their capacities to benefit their families and communities.
UNHCR’s Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) Policy details the organization’s wider commitment to a rights-based approach and highlights that effective protection will only be achieved by ensuring equal consideration is given to the needs and capacities of different age, gender and diversity groups within displaced communities. UNHCR is thus committed to ensuring that the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs with disabilities are met without discrimination.
Newcomers and health linguistic hindrances. Multiple non - standard language...Paolo Tentori
English version of "Infermieristica multiculturale: le difficoltà linguistiche dei migranti".
IPASVI Latina - IPASVI Frosinone (Italy), 5 - 6 settembre 2014
Accessible Arts Festivals Forum 19 July 2011 V4 For WebSimon Darcy
The keynote address was to major festival directors to assist with improving inclusive practices for people with disabilities and others with access needs. Please references as:
Darcy, S. (2011, Tuesday, 19 July 2011). Keynote: Disability, Customer Service and Developing an Access Culture for Major Festivals. Paper presented at the Accessible Arts Festivals Forum, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House.
Turismo Accesible. Recomendaciones de la OMT 2013 (inglés)Turismo Accesible
La Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT) realizó unas recomendaciones para adoptar las buenas prácticas para el desarrollo del turismo accesible en el mundo. Fueron presentadas en Septiembre del 2013.
2013 World Tourism Organization Accessible Tourism UpdateScott Rains
The UNWTO recommendations on "Accessible Tourism for All" (2013) have been approved and endorsed by the General Assembly. Updated from the 2005 version, the recommendations outline a form of tourism that involves a collaborative process among stakeholders to enable people with access requirements to function independently through universally designed tourism products, services and environments. These recommendations were developed within the framework of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 2007.
Accessible Tourism for All defines the appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, transportation, information and communications and facilities open to the public or for public use.
"Accessibility is a central element of any responsible and sustainable tourism policy. It is both a human rights imperative and an exceptional business opportunity," said UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai. "Above all, we must come to appreciate that accessible tourism does not only benefit persons with disabilities or special needs, it benefits us all," he added.
Along this line, a manual on "Accessible Tourism for All" is set to be published in late 2013, designed to guide tourism stakeholders to improve the accessibility for tourism destinations, facilities and services worldwide.
The development of the Manual is a joint effort between UNWTO, the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) and two Spanish institutions, the ACS Foundation and the ONCE Foundation. According to the World Health Organization (2011), there are approximately 1 billion persons with disabilities in the world, or 15% of the world population having a physical, mental or sensory disability. UNWTO´s "Declaration on the Facilitation of Tourist Travel (2009) underlines travel and tourism facilitation for persons with disabilities as an essential element of any policy for the development of responsible tourism.
DECLARATION ON UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TOURISM
The UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities broadly outlines and emphasizes the importance
of Universal Accessibility. Article 9 states that persons with disabilities have a right to live independently
and participate fully in all aspects of life and that State parties should take appropriate measures to ensure
that persons with disabilities have equal access on an equal basis with others.
Universal Access is defined as the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be
usable by all persons to the greatest extent possible without the need for adaptation or specialized design,
including assistive devices and technologies for particular groups of persons with disabilities where these
are needed., universal access means the removal of cultural, physical, social and other barriers that
prevent people with disabilities from entering, using or benefiting from the various systems of society that
are available to other citizens, (UN Convention Article 2).
2016 : LIFESTYLE TRENDS & TOURISM HOW CHANGING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IMPACTS TRA...Lausanne Montreux Congress
The End of Adventure? is the first of five Consumer Lifestyle Trends which together form the core of the Lifestyle
Trends & Tourism Report – a comprehensive research project that provides a future-facing summary of the most
important consumer changes impacting travel to Europe, particularly from the key markets of China, Brazil, the
USA and Canada.
Whilst the report is intended to form one cohesive body of work – including an opening chapter on contextual drivers –
each individual Trend Chapter offers its own data analysis, qualitative research, case studies of how changes are being
leveraged within the travel industry, and recommendations for how NTOs and destination marketers should respond.
Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Summary Dr Lendy Spires
Why Tourism & Intangible Cultural Heritage? UNWTO Study on Tourism and Intangible Cultural Heritage Intangible Cultural Heritage is embodied in those practices, expressions, knowledge, and skills, as well as in associated objects and cultural spaces, that communities and individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. Transmitted through generations and constantly recreated, it provides humanity with a sense of identity and continuity.* This global wealth of traditions has become one of the principal motivations for travel, with tourists seeking to engage with new cultures and experience the global variety of performing arts, handicrafts, rituals, cuisines, and interpretations of nature and the universe.
As celebrated on World Tourism Day 2011, ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures’, the cultural interaction spurred by such encounters prompts dialogue, builds understanding, and, in turn, fosters tolerance and peace. One of the challenges currently facing the tourism sector is to contribute to the identification, protection and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage through tourism development. Fostering the responsible use of this living heritage for tourism purposes can provide new employment opportunities, help alleviate poverty, curb rural flight migration among the young and marginally-employed, and nurture a sense of pride among communities.
Tourism also offers a powerful incentive for preserving and enhancing intangible cultural heritage, as the revenue it generates can be channelled back into initiatives to aid its long-term survival. Intangible cultural heritage must be thoughtfully managed if it is to survive in an increasingly globalised world. True partnerships between communities and the tourism and heritage sectors can only occur if all sides develop a genuine appreciation for each other’s aspirations and values.
The Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Based Tourism Building Ontology Conc...YogeshIJTSRD
Tourism is a strategy for country to increase its income. Digital technologies are currently used to help improve tourism, for example with information about tourist areas through the website or Mobile Apps. Database is required as the basic infrastructure for implementing system when to support tourism In this research, we discussed about the database model that can stored tourism data. Tourism databases such as warehouses are rich in information about tourism. Tourism information can be in the structured or unstructured form. Database development is an important part of enhancing development supported by digital technology. In this research, ontology is applied for database development and it produce the ontologies that could be utilized for tourism. In this research, ontology is applied for database development and it produces the ontologies that could be utilized for gastronomic tourism. Khamida Tulaeva | Detty Purnamasari "The Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Based Tourism: Building Ontology Concept by XML Schema Definition and Extensible Markup Language" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd44944.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/44944/the-digital-infrastructure-for-knowledge-based-tourism-building-ontology-concept-by-xml-schema-definition-and-extensible-markup-language/khamida-tulaeva
MTM IXth - Business Plan: An innovative experiential community-based tourism ...MTM IULM
The Business Plan will focus on the development of an innovative tourism product for Northern Uganda, based on the community-based experiential concept developed in the laboratory of Tourist Experience Design (TED) held in the MTM Master
OBJECTIVES
The BP will have the following main objectives:
- Integration of the analysis carried out in the TED laboratory relating to supply, market, competition and sustainable and community based tourism models
- Definition of a tourism product based on the experiential concept developed in the TED laboratory
- Definition of a marketing strategy of the product (distribution, supply chain, price, traditional and web communication)
- Definition of the operational plan for implementation and training
- Definition of the sustainability plan
- Definition of the economic and financial plan
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2014—Today the Equal Rights Center (ERC)—a national non-profit civil rights organization—released a new toolkit to help veterans with disabilities advocate for accessible housing.
“Every year, hundreds of thousands of veterans return home to new challenges and barriers due to physical and mental disabilities resulting from their service to and for our country,” said Melvina Ford, executive director of the ERC. “Under the federal Fair Housing Act, these veterans are entitled to accessible housing and beyond that our gratitude and respect.”
According to government sources, 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for service-related disabilities, more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf War.
The lack of available accessible housing for these veterans with disabilities contributes to higher rates of unemployment and homelessness. Approximately 12 percent of the homeless population is made up of veterans, which in real numbers amounts to almost 50,000 homeless veterans on our streets.
“Our veterans—particularly those who return home with service-related disabilities—deserve equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of their new lives,” said James Schenck, president and CEO of Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed). “It is imperative that we ensure that veterans with disabilities have the resources and education to be effective advocates for themselves and their families.”
The Veterans with Disabilities Toolkit highlights the rights to accessible housing afforded to veterans with disabilities under Title XIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing Act (FHA). This toolkit provides: an overview of the rights provided by the federal FHA, information on accessible design requirements of multifamily development, how to request a reasonable modification or accommodation from property owners or managers and answers to frequently asked questions.
The Matera Manifesto on Cultural Inclusion (In Italian and English)Scott Rains
THE MATERA MANIFESTO
This document summarises the results of the discussions between
experts in Universal Accessibility meeting in the international event
entitled "ZERO BARRIERE - L'Accessibilità Conviene" (ZERO BARRIERS:
Accessibility for All), organised on 27 and 28 September 2014 in
Matera by Officina Rambaldi, with the active participation and
patronage of MiBACT (the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and
Activities and of Tourism, the Council of Europe and of many other
local, regional and international institutions.
The participants duly wish to:
- Reiterate the right proclaimed in Article 27.1 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, which reads: “Everyone has the
right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to
enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its
benefits”;
- Underline the significance of the United Nations Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the General
Assembly in 2006, with special reference to Art. 30;
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
Abstract of a paper to be presented at the Destinations for All World Summit 2014 in Montreal (D4All)
Conference site: http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/
D4All presentation by Scott Rains:
https://independent.academia.edu/ScottRains/Drafts
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1. The Purpose of a Conference on Inclusive Tourism:
Of MICE and Mainstreaming
Scott Rains, srains@oco.net
The purpose of any conference is to bring persons, products, ideas and a specific physical
location together to facilitate unique forms of interaction that are not so easily accomplished
virtually. Within the profession of tourism discussions of events such as conferences are often
grouped with meetings, incentives, and exhibitions. This subset of the tourism industry is
collectively referred to as MICE or sometimes as Incentive Tourism. A conference on
Inclusive Tourism is a professional MICE activity. As such, it has the double responsibility to
apply the highest standard of MICE best practices and ethics while it simultaneously models
to the industry how these are to be applied or modified so that conferences normalize full
participation by the “the widest range of people operating in the widest range of situations
without special or separate design.” Those who organize or contract to conduct 1 a conference
on Inclusive Tourism must be culturally competent as MICE practitioners.
The goal of Inclusive Tourism is to achieve a business culture within the tourism and
hospitality industry and a supporting policy structure across stakeholder groups that facilitates
tourism for all. Inclusive Tourism results from the application to tourism of the humancentered
design process known as Universal Design. Universal Design “is a framework for the design
of places, things, information, communication and policy to be usable by the widest range of
people operating in the widest range of situations without special or separate design.”
Beyond the straightforward principle of full and equal physical accommodation of participants
with mobility impairments lay a series of logistical considerations involving sensory, language,
or intellectual difference among participants. This includes adjustment of lighting technologies
for those who require illumination. Inclusion also requires video captioning and audio
description of images presented to assure the inclusion of those who do not process
information visually. It includes sign language interpretation (in multiple sign languages in
parity to providing multiple languages to those conference participants limited to oral
language).
In brief, a conference on Inclusive Tourism is both an instance of showcasing the best
practices of MICE in the area of inclusion of all participants and is a privileged venue for
improving such practices in a context where the high concentration of persons with disabilities
provides direct access to the breadth of expectations of groups (cultures) of those with
differing functional abilities.
Travel as a Human Right
1 http://www.humancentereddesign.org/universaldesign
2. A conference on Inclusive Tourism exists to promote the universal human rights affirmed in
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities (CRPD) most
specifically in Article 30 which affirms the right of all, regardless of ability, to full cultural
participation. As an example of MICE a wellexecuted
Inclusive Tourism conference will
justifiably be evaluated as a case study of uptodate
best practices in the inclusion of
participants of all levels of ability. This is currently often done using broad traditional
categories with a medicalized tone such as:
● Sensory diversity: Auditory (Deaf/ HoH) and Visual (Blind/Visually Impaired)
● Mobility impairment: Wheelchairuser,
Slow Walker, Amputee
● Neurodiversity or Cognitive impairment: Various cognitive processing diversity such as
Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury
It remain unclear at this stage in the study of travelers with disabilities whether the same
categories used in the medical field (above) will provide segmentation of customer behavior
that is of practical value in tourism. Further research may reveal more relevant ways to
segment this demographic for the purposes of developing travel products and services. In the
meantime, it is important to recognize that such blurring between professional domains is
highly problematic from the perspective of many persons with disabilities. Adoption of a
Medical Model (caretaker; cure approach) by the industry would signal to many persons with
disabilities their continued rejection as consumers and a failure of the industry to adopt the
preferred Social Model of Disability (social justice; inclusion approach). Failure to heed this
warning will result in consumer backlash against even wellintentioned
industry efforts.
A Point of Initial Collaboration
In pragmatic terms any conference on tourism requires input from the three major stakeholder
groups of the industry policymakers,
businesses and consumers.
To a great degree, due to historic global practice in hiring persons with disabilities or retaining
employees who age into disability, persons with disabilities are disproportionately represented
in the third stakeholder group consumers.
To compensate to some degree to this
marginalization and disenfranchisement, groups representing those with disabilities have
historically focused on shaping the policy framework of the industry to the neglect of
educating and negotiating with the industry on needs, standards and travel behaviors of their
constituent groups.
In fact, representative groups may be completely lacking in valid data on the travel
preferences and behaviors of their constituency. A correlate need to the lack of cultural
competency related to disabilities on the part of the general MICE community is a lack of
competence communicating the needs, preferences and cultural norms of various disability
communities to the travel and hospitality industry. Filling this mutual gap in reliable information
provides an initial point of collaboration and inquiry between industry and disability groups.
3. The stakes are significant. Few destinations have so far demonstrated a strategic grasp of
this market with the sophistication of Australia as presented in the report, Setting a Research
Agenda for Accessible Tourism. Highlevel
studies established the market 2 size and desire to
travel by persons with disabilities. In 2014 the world population of those with some sort of
disability was calculated at 1 billion or 15%. Trends lead to estimates that by 2020 fully 20%
of those traveling will have disabilities.
Open questions related to travel behavior by those with disabilities also involve
measurements on a smaller scale:
● Does the venue collect data on the number and satisfaction level of travelers with a
disabilities?
● Within a given type of travel, region, or destination what percentage of travelers have
disabilities?
● Does the type of disability impact the type of travel, region, or destination visited by a
traveler with a disability or are observed differences the result of differences in the
degree of preparedness of suppliers of the type of travel and/or the destination?
● Does the venue or supply chain have a reliable procedure to assure continuous
improvement in the number and satisfaction level of travelers with a disabilities?
Specific questions relevant to MICE also offer opportunities for collaboration and research:
● Do existing MICE policies, procedures and best practices conform to the seven
principles and goals of Universal Design 3 ?
● In what ways can MICE benefit from theory, findings and best practices in Universal
Design for Learning 4 ?
● Have conference organizers, staff and volunteers been made culturally competent to
deal with the full range of abilities of participants?
Measuring the Turning Point
The year 2014 marked a turning point in the scope and frequency of conferences promoting
Inclusive Tourism. In Montreal, Canada the first World Summit on Destinations for All was
coorganized
by the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) together with Keroul,
2 Setting a Research Agenda for Accessible Tourism,
http://crctourism.com.au/wms/upload/images/disc%20of%20images%20and%20pdfs/for%20b
ookshop/documents/darcy_accessibletourism.pd
3 The Seven Principles of Universal Design,
http://humancentereddesign.org/universaldesign/
principlesuniversaldesign
4 Universal Design for Learning, http://www.cast.org/udl/
4. a Canadian nonprofit
organization focused on disability and travel. Following this in San
Marino was the first international conference hosted by the United Nation’s World Tourism
Office (WTO) and in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia the 5th PanAsian
International Conference on
Inclusive Tourism (ICAT 2014) was organized by the AsiaPacific
Network for Accessible
Tourism (APNAT.) At the Summit ENAT was tasked with forming a new global organization
forming an umbrella entity gathering regional entities such as ENAT and APNAT. At the same
Summit the declaration A World for Everyone was published to provide 5 guidance to
destinations.
The need for rapid, effective sharing of conference best practices grows proportionally with
this increase in pace and geographic distribution of conferences on Inclusive Tourism around
the globe. The history behind on of the seminal works in this field, Anxiety to Access: Tourism
Patterns and Experiences of People with a Physical Disability, 6 suggests one partial solution
to this need.
The study Anxiety to Access took advantage of the captive audience that was over 2,700
persons with disabilities traveling to the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2000. The
study’s close analysis of the travel behavior and experiences of this group provided a
benchmark from which to begin a constant cycle of improvement in the area of inclusion in
tourism. The timing of this study calls to mind that gatherings such as the Paralympics or
Conferences on Inclusive Tourism bring together a large sample of travelers with disabilities
5 A World for Everyone, http://www.accessibletourism.org/?i=enat.en.reports.1656
6 Anxiety to Access: Tourism Patterns and Experiences of People with a Physical Disability,
https://www.academia.edu/1370792/Anxiety_to_Access_Tourism_patterns_and_experiences
_people_with_a_physical_disability
Appendix:
A Resource List of Some Existing Guidance on Event Accessibility
The CWST Accessible Event Handbook
http://cwst.icchp.org/node/63
The European Union Portal on Accessible Events
http://hub.eaccessplus.eu/wiki/Accessible_Events
Service and Inlusion.org
http://www.serviceandinclusion.org/index.php?page=access
Inclusive Events.org
http://inclusiveevents.org/
5. suggesting that each such gathering offers a unique opportunity to collect the sort of
statistically valid data upon which to base best practices.
To take full advantage of these unique opportunities for the evolution of MICE best practices
each planning committee for a conference on Inclusive Tourism should move beyond the
current conferenceplanning
practice of inclusion of a group tasked with developing the
scientific content to be presented at the conference. The planning committee should include
a group responsible for scientific capture and analysis of the travel and conference
experience of attendees and presenters the results of which serves as a qualitycheck
on the
conference and then becomes presentation content for the next conference on Inclusive
Tourism to occur.