Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America

This paper seeks to construct an exploratory nationally comparative tourism accessibility measure (TAI) through developing an objective set of metrics in the spirit and intent of the international treaties and missions regarding the rights of persons with disabilities. Applied to Australia and New Z...

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Autores principales: Porto, Natalia, Rucci, Ana Clara, Darcy, Simon, Garbero, Noelia, Almond, Barbara
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1636162024-03-08T20:08:09Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/163616 Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America Porto, Natalia Rucci, Ana Clara Darcy, Simon Garbero, Noelia Almond, Barbara 2019-12 2024-03-08T18:08:15Z en Ciencias Económicas Turismo tourism accessibility index accessible tourism disability policy socio-economic data human rights destinatiion competitiveness This paper seeks to construct an exploratory nationally comparative tourism accessibility measure (TAI) through developing an objective set of metrics in the spirit and intent of the international treaties and missions regarding the rights of persons with disabilities. Applied to Australia and New Zealand (Oceania) and Argentina and Brazil (South-America), the TAI draws upon data collected cross-country, cross-continent and for a period of 25 years (1990–2015) based on factor and principal component analysis. Considering accessibility as the conditions that a destination must have in order to be enjoyed by all individuals with access requirements and as a key factor of destination competitiveness, the TAI is developed based on: socio-demographic data; legal framework, political will and policy actions; and access conditions in tourism attractions. This measure is a useful tool to provide information about the critical elements, stages of development, evolution and understanding of the accessible tourism approaches in each of the studied countries. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) application/pdf 169-185
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Turismo
tourism accessibility index
accessible tourism
disability
policy
socio-economic data
human rights
destinatiion competitiveness
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
Turismo
tourism accessibility index
accessible tourism
disability
policy
socio-economic data
human rights
destinatiion competitiveness
Porto, Natalia
Rucci, Ana Clara
Darcy, Simon
Garbero, Noelia
Almond, Barbara
Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Turismo
tourism accessibility index
accessible tourism
disability
policy
socio-economic data
human rights
destinatiion competitiveness
description This paper seeks to construct an exploratory nationally comparative tourism accessibility measure (TAI) through developing an objective set of metrics in the spirit and intent of the international treaties and missions regarding the rights of persons with disabilities. Applied to Australia and New Zealand (Oceania) and Argentina and Brazil (South-America), the TAI draws upon data collected cross-country, cross-continent and for a period of 25 years (1990–2015) based on factor and principal component analysis. Considering accessibility as the conditions that a destination must have in order to be enjoyed by all individuals with access requirements and as a key factor of destination competitiveness, the TAI is developed based on: socio-demographic data; legal framework, political will and policy actions; and access conditions in tourism attractions. This measure is a useful tool to provide information about the critical elements, stages of development, evolution and understanding of the accessible tourism approaches in each of the studied countries.
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author Porto, Natalia
Rucci, Ana Clara
Darcy, Simon
Garbero, Noelia
Almond, Barbara
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Rucci, Ana Clara
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Almond, Barbara
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title Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America
title_short Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America
title_full Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America
title_fullStr Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America
title_full_unstemmed Critical elements in accessible tourism for destination competitiveness and comparison: Principal component analysis from Oceania and South America
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