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<p>In recent years, social tourism has been strongly promoted in the EU, including the travel of people with various types of disabilities. The present study analyses travel motivation and barriers to travel for visually impaired people. This analysis is based on several years of research at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, then on the personal travel experience of a visually impaired person and the practice of a rehabilitation instructor at Tyfloservis, o.p.s (charitable trust), Hradec Králové, an organization supporting independent living of visually impaired people. The study is also based on interviews with ten visually impaired respondents and their travel experience. SARS-COV-2 is also included as a current barrier to travel.</p>
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In recent years, social tourism has been strongly promoted in the EU, including the travel of people with various types of disabilities. The present study analyses travel motivation and barriers to travel for visually impaired people. This analysis is based on several years of research at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, then on the personal travel experience of a visually impaired person and the practice of a rehabilitation instructor at Tyfloservis, o.p.s (charitable trust), Hradec Králové, an organization supporting independent living of visually impaired people. The study is also based on interviews with ten visually impaired respondents and their travel experience. SARS-COV-2 is also included as a current barrier to travel.

Travel Motivation and Barriers to Travel for People with Visual Impairments

Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Gastronomy and the Culinary

Czech Journal of Tourism

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In recent years, social tourism has been strongly promoted in the EU, including the travel of people with various types of disabilities. The present study...

Travel Motivation and Barriers to Travel for People with Visual Impairments

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 54 - 67

Accepted: Dec 25, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjot-2020-0004

Keywords
Travel motivation, barriers to travel, visual impairment, SARS-COV-2

© 2020 Olga Šintáková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Travel Motivation and Barriers to Travel for People with Visual Impairments

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 54 - 67

Accepted: Dec 25, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjot-2020-0004

KeywordsTravel motivation, barriers to travel, visual impairment, SARS-COV-2

© 2020 Olga Šintáková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Travel motivation, barriers to travel, visual impairment, SARS-COV-2