Assessing universal accessibility in Spanish beaches

Santana-Santana, Sara Beatriz; Peña‐Alonso, Carolina; Espino, Emma Pérez‐Chacón

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105486

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“…Accessible points of adapted beaches for people with disabilities are determined by the corresponding local council according to the degree of use of the beach. Conversely, as stated by Santana-Santana et al (2021) and Hernández-Galán et al (2017), Order VIV/561/2010 is widely breached throughout Spain. For example, Richards et al (2010) note that the location of braille signs is vital for blind people when they go the beach.…”

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“…For instance, the Blue Flag award waves in hundreds of European beaches, and this blue flag is perceived as a symbol of quality of water and services by tourists, but this certification is not a regulatory framework of universal accessibility for people with disabilities (Mir-Gual et al , 2015). Therefore, it is recommended to develop universal directives for adapted beaches worldwide and unify accessibility standards implemented by national and local governments (Mayordomo-Martínez et al , 2019; Santana-Santana et al , 2021). Blind and disabled people inquire about their travel according to their special needs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This manuscript recommends accessible tourism for all citizens in all public spaces. Although, beaches do not guarantee universal accessibility conditions (Santana-Santana et al , 2021).…”

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The accessibility of beaches for blind people and their guide dogs: accessible tourism and inclusion in Spain

Florido-Benítez

2023

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Purpose The purpose of this research is to analyse the accessibility of Spanish beaches for blind people and their guide dogs as an inclusive tourist destination for national and international tourists. Design/methodology/approach This empirical research used a quantitative and qualitative methodology from public and private organizations, which intends to give voice to blind people to improve their quality of life. Findings This study presents a new and surprising contribution to the issue of accessibility of beaches for blind people and future studies related to this topic. Findings revealed that Spain has only nine adapted beaches for blind people, and most Spanish tourist destinations exclude blind people and its guide dogs from enjoying the beach and the sun and their facilities. In Spain there are in total 3,547 beaches; 10.3% of these are adapted beaches for people with reduced mobility, whereas only 0.25% are adapted beaches for blind people. Indeed, results also suggest that more efforts are required in response to the needs of blind people in tourism and transport activities by researchers, academics and government bodies. Originality/value The contribution of this paper is especially important for the management of the accessibility of Spanish beaches for blind people and their guide dogs by public and private organizations.

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The accessibility of beaches for blind people and their guide dogs: accessible tourism and inclusion in Spain

Florido-Benítez

2023

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“…Online information about accessibility is the first contact tourists have with their destinations; however, many tourism cities do not provide information on their official websites, are unclear, insufficient, or even hard to find on the website (Domínguez Vila et al, 2017). Although sometimes questioned (Santana-Santana et al, 2021), local public administrations of different countries -such as Spain, France or Argentina-have developed a series of awards and voluntary accessibility certificates that allow them to differentiate themselves from other destinations in terms of accessible tourism and serve as a first-sight signal (Fernández Alles and Moral-Moral, 2011). In this way, accessible tourism appears as an opportunity in which people with access needs can enjoy new experiences, new challenges, and opportunities for social inclusion in addition to benefits to their physical and emotional well-being and social participation (McCabe, 2020;Buhalis and Darcy, 2011;Blichfeldt and Nicolaisen, 2011;Higgins Desbiolles, 2020).…”

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Accessibility in tourist sites in Spain: Does it really matter when choosing a destination?

Rucci¹,

Porto

2022

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This work aims to analyse and characterise accessibility in tourism —defined as the conditions for people with access needs— and its relationship with tourism performance. Accessibility is a critical concept —to be defined and measured in a rigorous way— that helps shed light on the particularities of the phenomena, considering consumers and producers of tourism. Spain's solid background in accessible tourism portrays the possibility of elaborating different accessible indicators. We propose and identify an exhaustive set of proxy measures for accessibility under the accessible tourism theoretical framework of the tourism travel chain. We also computed an accessibility index using disaggregated data of 152 Spanish tourist sites (National Statistics Institute of Spain), introducing those measures of accessibility as explanatory variables in a model of tourism performance of sun and cultural destinations. Our results show that accessibility seems not to be a determinant in tourist sites' performance. Sun destinations have better tourism performances than cultural ones, having or not accessible conditions. The findings not only reveal the need to improve and consolidate accessible conditions in cultural destinations, but also disseminate and deepen information channels, especially for people with access needs, before choosing a destination.

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“…Research in the field of accessibility management is less extensive. Research has been conducted in specific fields such as beach management, green space management or accessible tourism management [61][62][63][64]. Much of this research has been oriented towards the definition of indicators, as well as indices of the relationship between different types of indicators [40,62,[65][66][67][68][69][70][71].…”

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Participatory Management to Improve Accessibility in Consolidated Urban Environments

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There is a wide range of regulations on universal accessibility, but our cities are still inaccessible in many cases. Most accessibility problems in cities occur in consolidated areas that were developed prior to the development of current accessibility regulations. This leads to consider the importance of focusing more effort on managing the improvement of the accessibility of existing public urban environments. As such, the objective of this research is to design a conceptual model for accessibility management in consolidated urban environments. Unlike other research focusing on city users to collect information on accessibility problems or to provide services to improve wayfinding, this method has a focus on urban accessibility managers. The model is based on the assessment of the level of accessibility of urban environments together with the assessment of management processes in which city users are actively involved. It consists of a set of basic indicators for the identification of accessible pedestrian routes, and provides a dynamic accessibility index for the evaluation of their efficient management by the responsible governments. The inclusion of this assessment framework in the management process itself enables the necessary improvement actions to be identified and taken in time. ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) provide the communication channel between the responsible governments and city users, making this a more dynamic and efficient management model based on assessment possible.

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Assessing universal accessibility in Spanish beaches

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

The accessibility of beaches for blind people and their guide dogs: accessible tourism and inclusion in Spain

The accessibility of beaches for blind people and their guide dogs: accessible tourism and inclusion in Spain

Accessibility in tourist sites in Spain: Does it really matter when choosing a destination?

Participatory Management to Improve Accessibility in Consolidated Urban Environments

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