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Summary:

Abstract: "This book provides theoretical and practical contributions pertaining to the field of accessible tourism, which is a growing tourism segment of the market, as social responsibility and inclusivity issues are not only expected but in many cases mandated"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The impact of ICTs on accessible tourism: evidence based on a systematic literature review
• Chapter 2. The challenges of accessible tourism information systems for tourists with vision impairment: sensory communications beyond the screen
• Chapter 3. Travel by people with physical disabilities: constraints and influences in the decision-making process
• Chapter 4. Use of the Internet to plan tourism trips by people with special needs
• Chapter 5. Smart cities and accessible tourism: a systematic review
• Chapter 6. Smart and accessible cities?: not always the case for accessible tourism initiatives in Buenos Aries and Sydney
• Chapter 7. Accessibility to spa experiences
• Chapter 8. An empirical investigation of the accessibility of official European tourism websites
• Chapter 9. Competitiveness factors of accessible tourism e-travel agencies
• Chapter 10. Museum website accessibility examined using automatic diagnostic tools: a study in Portugal
• Chapter 11. The accessibility of museum websites: the case of Barcelona
• Chapter 12. Assistive technologies in museums for people with visual impairments
• Chapter 13. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies for accessibility and marketing in the tourism industry.

Contributors:

Eusebio, Celeste, 1971- , editor

Teixeira, Leonor, 1971- , editor

Carneiro, Maria, 1970- , editor

IGI Global , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Tourism — Information technology

Tourism — Social aspects

Tourism — Management

Tourism

Information technology

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (IGI Global, viewed 01/23/2021).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

G155.A1 I28 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781799864301 (ebook)
1799864308 [Invalid]
9781799864288 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9781799864295 (paperback) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6428-8

OCLC Numbers:

1156421941

Other Control Numbers:

slc00001046 (source: CaBNVSL)
[Unknown Type]: igi00254907