Digital Accessibility on Institutional Websites of Portuguese Tourism

Fátima Matos Silva () and Isabel Borges ()
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Fátima Matos Silva: Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
Isabel Borges: Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique

A chapter in Technological Progress, Inequality and Entrepreneurship, 2020, pp 67-85 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter we address the problem of accessibility and accessible tourism concerning the various types of information and communication, namely, the digital information resulting from technological innovation implemented in recent years in various websites. As we have been developing studies on the impacts of accessibility and accessible tourism, we consider it fundamental to analyse the compliance of Portuguese institutional sites in the tourism area with the new European directives and Portuguese legislation. In this sense, the main objective of this chapter is to understand how the institutional Web content related to Portuguese tourism meets the accessibility requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0), of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The sample reflects the Portuguese panorama of institutional websites related to Portuguese tourism activity and promotion. Overall, with respect to accessibility practices, it is possible to conclude that none of the websites analysed meets the compliance levels of WCAG 2.0. The results point to an inequality in the dynamics and development of the Portuguese territory.

Keywords: Digital accessibility; Accessible tourism; Institutional websites; Portuguese tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26245-7_5

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