Tourism for All NZ Research Group
Professor Alison McIntosh, Dr Brielle Gillovic, AUT Adjunct Professor Simon Darcy (University of Technology Sydney) and AUT Visiting Scholar, Dr Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten (University of Waikato) coordinate the Tourism for All NZ Research Group .
Initially funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development Think Differently Fund, NZ Tourism For All is a project to champion accessible tourism in New Zealand. The investigation recognises the citizenship rights of people with disabilities and those living with chronic or terminal illness to tourism as an inclusive leisure activity. Current projects include accessible beach tourism; accessible hotel restaurants; tourism and carers; disability employment and entrepreneurship; terminal illness and travel; and disability, tourism and sustainability.
Further related resources:
- Shetty, E. (2020). Analysing the Rhetoric of Accessibility: How Well Do New Zealand’s Hotel Restaurants Meet the Needs of Customers With Disabilities? [Unpublished masters dissertation]. AUT University.
- Gillovic, B. (2019). Experiences of Care at the Nexus of Intellectual Disability and Leisure Travel [Unpublished PhD thesis]. The University of Waikato.
- Gillovic, B., McIntosh, A., Darcy, S., Cockburn-Wootten, C. (2018). Enabling the Language of Accessible Tourism , Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol. 26 (4), pp. 615-630.
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