PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".
This kind of tourism seeks that people with limitations have access to all offered activities in a destination
The limitations can be
- Physical
- People confined a wheelchair
- Deaf
- Blind people
- People with temporary injuries
- Or even age limitations
This industry it's committed to generate a low impact on the local culture and the environment.
It's one of the world's fastest growing industries
Ways to tourist to reduce this impact
- Informing themselves
- Respecting
- Contributing to intercultural tolerance
- Supporting local economies
- Coserving
This form of tourism represents an approach to engaging with tourism, be that as a tourist, a business, local people at a destination or another person interesting on tourism
This movement says that all stakeholders are ressponsable for the kind of tourism that they develop
Characteristics
- Minimizes negative economic
- Bring economic benefits for local people
- Local people can opine
- Contribute to the conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- Connect tourist to local people
- It's culturally sensitive