Browsing Tourism for All NZ Research Group by Date
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Value and Significance of Accessible Tourism
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Experiences of Tourists With Intellectual Disabilities: A Phenomenological Approach
(Elsevier BV, 2021)This paper aims to explore ways in which adults with intellectual disabilities experience tourism. The study applies phenomenology and draws on in-depth interviews with participants with intellectual disabilities focusing ... -
Connecting Through Family Tourism and Social Inclusion During COVID-19 Times
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Uncovering Absences and Gaps: Using Ketso in Qualitative Research for Accessible Tourism
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)Engagement of stakeholders in the research process provides valuable insights around tourism issues yet can be fraught with challenges. Ketso is a toolkit that can help overcome these barriers to facilitate stakeholder ... -
When Words Become Difficult: A Critical Reflection of the ‘MeBox’ Method in Understanding Senior Travellers’ Responses to Loss
(Edward Elgar Publications, 2021)Multiple dimensions of our experiences such as visual, embodied and sensory experiences cannot always be easily expressed in words. Traditional qualitative methods may struggle to access these deep-rooted complex and ... -
Stakeholders’ Perceptions of the Future of Accessible Beach Tourism in New Zealand: A Case Study of Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This research intends to contribute an understanding of a significant type of tourism for New Zealand for a segment of the population that is consistently underserved; that is, access to beaches for tourists with disabilities. ... -
The Role of Children in Tourism and Hospitality Family Entrepreneurship
(MDPI AG, 2021)This paper reports on a systematic scoping review of peer-reviewed academic literature in the areas of tourism and hospitality family entrepreneurship. Specifically, it explored how and to what extent existing literature ... -
Online Information for Visitors About the Accessibility of Museums in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Research attests to the reality that people with disabilities are not provided for, or offered the same opportunities as those without disabilities; nor are they seen as a valued market segment of the tourism sector. ... -
Investigating Cuisine Experiences in the Maldives: A Novel Research Method Utilising Tasting Buffets
(Ingenta, 2021)Food as a tourist activity offers the rare prospect of fulfilling all five senses, especially taste, and heightening experiences. For food studies in tourism, taking part in the act of eating and drinking as part of the ... -
How Hospitable Is Aotearoa New Zealand to Refugees?
(School of Hospitality & Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Following the tragic events of the Christchurch shooting on 15th March 2019, New Zealanders projected a national image of hospitality towards Muslim New Zealanders, involving an Islamic call to prayer in Parliament, and ... -
Online Communications of Accessibility in Hotel Restaurants
(School of Hospitality & Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Previous attention to examining how well hotels cater to the access needs of customers with disabilities has predominantly focused on problematic hotel infrastructure, bathroom facilities, service failures and a lack of ... -
Bridging Hospitality Education and Community
(School of Hospitality & Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The hospitality industry is not immune from the social issues facing our society. There are cases of hospitality initiatives for social change, including philanthropy and social enterprise [1]. In our academic work, the ... -
Extending Hospitality to Customers With Epilepsy
(School of Hospitality & Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 2020)According to the World Health Organization,1 around 50 million people worldwide live with the invisible disability epilepsy. Research has found that the neurological condition is generally shown to reduce an individual’s ... -
Improving the Accessibility of the Tourism Industry in New Zealand
(MDPI AG, 2020)Internationally, the accessible tourism market has been identified as a growing segment that could lead the way for social inclusiveness, as well as providing the industry with financial gains and destination competitiveness. ... -
Accessibility and Inclusive Tourism Development: Current State and Future Agenda
(MDPI AG, 2020)Accessibility constitutes one important consideration in the field of scholarship relating to inclusive tourism development because it is fundamentally about the inclusion of people with disabilities in tourism and in ... -
Analysing the Rhetoric of Accessibility: How Well Do New Zealand’s Hotel Restaurants Meet the Needs of Customers With Disabilities?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The concept of “accessible tourism” enables people with access requirements/disabilities, including mobility, vision, hearing and cognitive dimensions of access to function independently with equity and dignity through the ... -
The Hidden Side of Travel: Epilepsy and Tourism
(Elsevier Masson, 2019)Previous tourism research has examined the barriers and travel experiences of people with physical/mobility and sensory impairments. This paper advances tourism knowledge by revealing the travel experiences of people with ... -
Hospitality Training for Prisoners: A Second Chance?
(School of Hospitality & Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Noting rising statistics relating to incarceration and reoffending, there has been increased attention given to analysing the delivery, effectiveness and challenges of hospitality training and employment programmes for ... -
Refugee-focused Service Providers: Improving the Welcome in New Zealand
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2019)When refugees are resettled into a destination, refugee-focused service providers offer frontline services to ease refugees’ experiences of trauma and marginalisation, providing advocacy and welcome through reception ... -
Co-creating Knowledge in Tourism Research Using the Ketso Method
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2019)Tourism scholars have called for critical engagement with transformational co-creative methodologies. Within this call, there is a need for researchers to be positioned as facilitators and co-creators; rather than lone ...