Accessibility Adaptation in Heritage Boutique Hotels: A review on literature

Abstract

This paper offers a literature review for a study that intends to explore heritage boutique hotels’ methods in adapting accessibility. Methodology employed for this paper is mainly an analysis of secondary data from scholarly articles and other types of academic publications. Topics being discussed emerged from the issue of accessible tourism to the accessibility adaptation in repurposed heritage buildings, which then scoped to the heritage boutique hotel trends in today’s tourism industry. The literature reviews highlight the heritage boutique hotels’ ability in providing distinctive cultural tourism and conclude that the discussed topics are interrelated with each other.Keywords: Accessible tourism; accessibility adaptation; heritage building; boutique hoteleISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1633

Five Accessibility Challenges in Access Auditing Mosque Designs

“…Abdul Kadir, Jamaludin et al (2019) emphasize the issue of accessibility in heritage buildings that are important to be addressed as 'heritage' as it valued as a significant aspect for the Malaysian tourism industry. As some Mosques are enlisted as National Heritage building that were built in the 70's and 80's and holds historical significance has also been coping with the demand of providing accessibility for PwDs and elderly.…”

“…Mosque typology is a priority as it is most visited and used by the public daily, whether historical or heritage and big or small usage capacity. Overcoming the difficulties faced by PwDs requires interventions to remove environmental and social barriers due to lack of access and no facilities provided (Asiah & Nur Amirah, 2014) in various heritage building typology needed accessibility adaptation in the conservation of heritage buildings (Abdul Kadir et al, 2019).…”