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
Mini Tests: 45.0%
Research work: 55.0%

Bibliography

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

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

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

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.

Harju-Mylyaho, A. & Jutila, S. (2021). Inclusive Tourism Futures. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Channel View Publications.

Slocum, S. (Ed.) (2023). Inclusion in Tourism: understanding institutional discrimination and bias. Routledge.

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.