Travelling from Perspective of Persons with Disability: Results of an International Survey

Urszula Załuska, Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha () and Alicja Grześkowiak
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Urszula Załuska: Department of Logistics, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland
Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha: Department of Logistics, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland
Alicja Grześkowiak: Department of Econometrics and Operational Research, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: Full inclusion of people with disabilities means their full participation in community life and the same opportunities to work and spend their free time that other members of the community have. This also applies to travel and tourism. Offers available to people with various types of disabilities are seldom adapted to their needs. They face numerous barriers and obstacles when travelling or at their destination. The article presents selected results from an international comparative study concerning travel of people with sensory disabilities. The study was carried out in the first quarter of 2022 using the PAPI method on a group of 131 respondents from Poland, Greece, Cyprus and Portugal. To analyse the results, we relied on statistical inference using an independent two-sample t -test and one-way analysis of variance. Tests of the equality of two means were preceded by Levene’s test for homogeneity of variances. According to the study, people with sensory disabilities can see many barriers to travel that pose a significant constraint on their activity. These barriers vary depending on the type of disability, gender or the country of origin of the respondent, but the list of indications often includes the need to train service staff in the specific needs of people with different types of disabilities. Taking into account development opportunities that people with disabilities create for the tourism industry, including people with sensory disabilities who are frequently overlooked, it is worth considering measures aimed at improving knowledge and skills in this area in the future.

Keywords: people with sensory disabilities; inclusive tourism; statistical analysis of survey results (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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