Accessible Information Space to Promote Accessible Tourism

Franz Pühretmair; Klaus Miesenberger

Accessible Information Space to Promote Accessible Tourism

Franz Pühretmair
, Klaus Miesenberger

Institute Integrated Studies

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

Abstract

Currently about 10-20% of the population are affected by a disability from temporary or permanent nature. For these people accessibility is a requirement and a necessity. The implementation of accessibility concerns all areas of the society, including tourism objects and tourism services. Besides being a social demand, accessibility has an economic dimension and is an indicator for quality, a trademark and a competitive advantage. So far, the tourism industry has hardly recognized the economic dimension of accessibility. Often the lack of not supporting and promoting accessibility is a combination of missing knowledge about requirements and needs of people with disabilities and the missing of standardized methods to evaluate accessibility, categorize and map it to standardized accessibility labels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006, Linz, Austria, July 2006, Proceedings
Editors	Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A.
Place of Publication	Tiergartenstrasse 17, 69121 Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer Verlag GmbH
Pages	329
Number of pages	8
Volume	4061
ISBN (Print)	3540360204
Publication status	Published - 2006

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Fields of science

102 Computer Sciences
102013 Human-computer interaction
102014 Information design
102015 Information systems
102021 Pervasive computing
102022 Software development
102024 Usability research
102026 Virtual reality
102027 Web engineering
502007 E-commerce
503008 E-learning
506002 E-government
509002 Disability studies
602013 Sign language research
202004 Brain-computer interface
211902 Assistive technologies
302027 Hearing, voice and language disorders
102036 Digital accessibility

Cite this

Pühretmair, F., & Miesenberger, K. (2006). Accessible Information Space to Promote Accessible Tourism. In Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (Ed.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006, Linz, Austria, July 2006, Proceedings (Vol. 4061, pp. 329). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)). Springer Verlag GmbH.

Pühretmair, Franz ; Miesenberger, Klaus. / Accessible Information Space to Promote Accessible Tourism. Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 10th International Conference, ICCHP 2006, Linz, Austria, July 2006, Proceedings. editor / Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. Vol. 4061 Tiergartenstrasse 17, 69121 Heidelberg : Springer Verlag GmbH, 2006. pp. 329 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)).

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review

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