Accessible Travel Academy
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Martin Heng wrote this thought-provoking article about inclusive versus accessible tourism. What do you think? https://www.newmobility.com/2020/07/big-ideas-in-travel-and-tourism/
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Big Ideas In Travel And Tourism
It’s Time To Move Beyond Access To Inclusion There’s been a lot of talk about “accessible tourism” lately, but is this the right term to use? As a wheelchair user, if somewhere — a cool bar, a significant monument, a … Continue reading
Eleonora, Kamil and tabifolk9 Comments
I’d actually go one step further than Heng here. We need not only inclusive tourism (that is, tourism developed in response to the needs of users with intersectional identities: gender, race, class, etc.) but also collaborative tourism. In other words, tourism where the guests who travel to and from particular destinations play a direct role… Read more
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To be the devil’s advocate… isn’t there a benefit to focusing on a specific aspect of inclusion (while still teaming up with other advocacy groups of course)?
For example, I know and can speak on accessibility (in a me-centric power wheelchair user perspective), but cannot speak on vegan travel or LGBTQ+ travel, etc. So, I can… Read more
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