Sustainable Tourism, Well-Being and Accessible Tourism
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 864
Special Issue Editors
2. Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) Research Unit, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal
Interests: sustainable tourism; tourism economics; social tourism; accessible tourism
2. Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) Research Unit, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal
Interests: consumer behavior in tourism; sustainable tourism; acessible tourism; cultural tourism; competitiveness of tourism destinations
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2. Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: industrial management; information systems; human factors; sustainability; Industry 4.0; smart cities; participatory design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To contribute to sustainable development, it is of utmost relevance to design inclusive policies and strategies for the tourism industry, allowing the participation of all in tourism activities. However, there are still several groups of our society that face several travel constraints, particularly persons with disabilities, the elderly and other people with other special needs. The promotion of a sustainable and inclusive society requires the adoption of strategies that promote the accessibility of tourism destinations, allowing all people, regardless of their health condition, to enjoy tourism experiences. Therefore, the development of accessible tourism contributes to the fight against discrimination, to promote more inclusive societies, to reduce inequalities and, consequently, to increase the well-being of people with special needs (PwSN). In this context, this Special Issue of the Sustainability journal opens an opportunity to disseminate and discuss relevant knowledge about the contribution of accessible tourism to increase the well-being of PwSN and to promote more sustainable and inclusive societies. Theoretical papers, state-of-art reviews, empirical papers and case studies addressing the role of accessible tourism to increase well-being of PwSN and to promote more sustainable and inclusive societies, are welcome.
The Special Issue seeks papers including (but not limited to) the following themes:
- Characteristics of the accessible tourism market;
- Travel constraints of people with disabilities and seniors;
- Strategies to overcome travel constraints adopted by people with disabilities and seniors;
- Travel motivations and benefits obtained by people with disabilities and seniors;
- Accessibility level of tourism supply agents;
- The role of government entities in the promotion of accessible tourism;
- Information and communications technologies in accessible tourism;
- Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Tourism;
- The impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on accessible tourism;
- Best practices in accessible tourism;
- Accessibility and sustainable development;
- Trends and challenges in accessible tourism;
- Impacts of accessible tourism;
- Impacts of tourism on quality of life of people with special needs/ disabilities;
- Impacts of tourism on well-being of people with disabilities;
- Impacts of accessible tourism on the sustainable development of tourism destinations;
- Attitudes towards guests with disabilities;
- Training to serve in the scope of the accessible tourism market;
- International and national policies for accessible tourism.
Assist. Prof. Celeste Eusébio
Assist. Prof. Maria João Carneiro
Assoc. Prof. Leonor Teixeira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- accessible tourism
- well-being
- sustainable development
- people with disabilities
- inclusive societies
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