Inclusive Tourism

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Theoretical-practical classes based on the exposition and discussion of the programmatic contents, serving the expositive method of framing only. In parallel, the heuristic method and active participation of the students will be promoted, motivated to apply the skills acquired through the analysis of practical examples and use of texts and other materials, fieldwork, in addition to the development of practical subjects, investigated and presented by the students.

Learning Outcomes

Recognize, analyze and problematize tourism as a complex, social and territorially unequal phenomenon, where exclusion factors and inclusion policies coexist.

Specifically, the student is expected to achieve the following competencies:

Understand the main concepts and terminologies associated with inclusive tourism

Analyze the historical evolution of tourism in its dialectic of exclusion / inclusion

Recognize and problematize different forms / processes of exclusion in tourism

Analyze forms of exclusion / inclusion in the perspective of tourist demand

Define and characterize inclusive tourist destinations

Analyze good practices, national and international, of inclusion in tourism

Develop initiatives / inclusion projects in the tourist praxis.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Tourism and Inclusion: legal framework, concepts and mega-trends

2. The meso dimension of inclusion in tourism: reference documents and policies

3. Dimensions of (un) equality in access to tourism:

3.1. individual disabilities <=> accessible tourism

3.2. socially vulnerable groups <=> social tourism

3.3. minorities and / or discrimination <=> tourism and equality

4. Tourist destinations and inclusion:

4.1. Inclusive destinations; tourism for all. From the macro scale to the micro scale

4.2. Participation of local communities

5. Good practices for inclusion in tourism

5.1.Public policies

5.2. Tourism supply.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Manuel Batista Cardoso Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Report of a seminar or field trip: 15.0%
Research work: 40.0%
Frequency: 45.0%

Bibliography

Ambrose, I., Garcia, A., Papamichail, K. & Veitch, C. (2017). Manual de Gestão de Destinos Turísticos Acessíveis. Lisboa: Turismo de Portugal I.P.

Buhalis, D. & Darcy, S. (2011). Accessible Tourism: Concepts and Issues. Channel View Publications

Biddulph, R. & Scheyvens, R. (2018): Introducing inclusive tourism. Tourism Geographies.

Devile, E. (2011). O Desenvolvimento do Turismo Acessível: dos Argumentos Sociais aos Argumentos de Mercado. Turismo & Desenvolvimento (11), 39-46.

Diekmann, A., McCabe, S & Ferreira, C. (2018). Social tourism: research advances, but stasis in policy. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 10(3), 181-188.

World Bank Group (2017). Women and Tourism: designing for inclusion. Washington: The World Bank Group

World Tourism Organization (2018). Global Report on Inclusive Tourism Destinations: model and success stories. Madrid: UNWTO.