Disabling Environment

On a day to day basis, people with disabilities live in a largely disabling environment. (Lovelock & Lovelock, 2013)

Studies in tourism industry show lower participation rate for people with disabilities, however, when people with disability do travel, their experiences are still highly restricted by different types of barriers like physical accessible barriers such as transportation, inaccessible accommodation, activities and destinations (Lovelock & Lovelock, 2013). Moreover,(Church & Coles, 2007) indicates that 40% of people with disabilities cannot go on holiday during any one year for various reasons.

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Figure 1: based on the result from question 9 of the Tourism and Disability Questionnaire

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