Driving Accessible Tourism Development Through Research Priorities for Destination Management Organisations in New Zealand

Gillovic, Brielle; McIntosh, Alison

Driving Accessible Tourism Development Through Research Priorities for Destination Management Organisations in New Zealand

aut.relation.chapternumber	13
aut.relation.endpage	216
aut.relation.startpage	203
dc.contributor.author	Gillovic, Brielle
dc.contributor.author	McIntosh, Alison
dc.date.accessioned	2026-01-27T20:42:10Z
dc.date.available	2026-01-27T20:42:10Z
dc.date.issued	2025-09-22
dc.description	[from Introduction] Increasingly, tourism researchers are questioning how tourism, and its inquiry, might drive an agenda for a more inclusive, responsible, and sustainable future (see Gillovic & McIntosh, 2020). In New Zealand, this too is the case. Tourism has long been an important export earner for the country, however, the nature of tourism considerations remains overwhelmingly environment-centric and largely devoid of a social imperative (Gillovic & McIntosh, 2015). Destination management organisations, with significant involvement in, and influence over, the management and marketing of New Zealand, need to prioritise accessibility to remain competitive, especially given the changing demography of domestic and major inbound visitor markets. Despite local accessibility champions calling for more strategic leadership in this space, there remains no coherent or coordinated strategy relating to accessible tourism development in New Zealand (Cockburn-Wootten & McIntosh, 2020).
dc.identifier.citation	In N. Halpern, J. Rickly, B. Garrod & M. Hansen (Ed.), Handbook of Accessible Tourism. Chapter 13. (pp. 203-216). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111316130 eBook ISBN: 9783111316130 Hardcover ISBN: 9783111314488 This book is Volume 14 in the series De Gruyter Studies in Tourism.
dc.identifier.doi	10.1515/9783111316130-013
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10292/20549
dc.publisher	De Gruyter Brill
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dc.rights	This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript of a chapter in a book © De Gruyter Brill, 2025. The Version of Record can be found at DOI: 10.1515/9783111316130-013
dc.rights.accessrights	OpenAccess
dc.subject	Tourism
dc.subject	Accessibility
dc.subject	Disabilities
dc.subject	Diversity
dc.subject	Inclusivity
dc.title	Driving Accessible Tourism Development Through Research Priorities for Destination Management Organisations in New Zealand
dc.type	Chapter in Book
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