The embodied tourist experiences of people with vision impairment: Management implications beyond the visual gaze

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 941-950

  Small, Jennie ^a   Darcy, Simon ^a   Packer, Tanya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessible tourism; Blind; Disability; Embodiment; Management; Sensory; Tourist experience; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BLINDNESS; DISABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; VISION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84856435366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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