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Accessible tourism

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, accessible tourism means: Tourism designed to reduce barriers for people with disabilities and other access needs.

In Turkish: erişilebilir turizm

How it is used

Used across transport, information, accommodation and attractions rather than for room design alone.

Example sentences

  1. The accessible tourism audit covered the booking website, station transfer and museum entrance.

    The assessment follows several stages of the visitor journey.

  2. Providing a written transcript alongside the audio guide improved accessible tourism for visitors with hearing loss.

    Access includes information formats as well as physical routes.

Common collocations

  • accessible tourism services
  • accessible tourism planning
  • audio guideA small device or phone app that plays recorded information about a museum or site while visitors walk around at their own pace.
  • special requestSomething extra a guest asks for, such as a quiet room, a high floor, a cot or a birthday cake, which the hotel tries to provide but may not promise.

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