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An Exploratory Study about Physical Environment for the Disabled Tourists' Accessibility to Tourism Resources

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2014, 38(9), pp.193-214
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Jee-eun Lim 1 Lee, Hyung-ryong 1

1세종대학교

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ABSTRACT

One of the outstanding changes in recent years is that the mobility right of the person having physical problem has been increased. The growing number of the disabled tourists are emerging as a consequence of such changing social circumstances. Accordingly, it is necessary to conceive more cooperative physical environment for the disabled's easy and equal tourism activity. To begin with, legalistic and systemic investigation research about the facility standard for the handicapped were inspected and rearranged by characteristics of tourism resources. Next, an individual interview with the expert who had performed field investigation on national tour site's facilities for the disabled was conducted. Lastly, the final consensus were presented after reflecting opinions of the four activists, two asserting rights of disabled's mobility and two insisting rights of disabled's approaching to information.

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