Two new text books on accessible tourism are available through the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) from Channel View Publications. The first is “Concepts and Issues” (eds: Dimitrios Buhalis and Simon Darcy), which sets out to  explore and document the current theoretical approaches, foundations and issues  in the study of accessible tourism.  Professor Nigel Morgan, The Welsh Centre for Tourism Research states that this volume harnesses “the best conceptual  developments on the topic” and that it will “take accessible tourism and universal design debates into the mainstream of academic enquiryand industry practice“

The second volume is “Best Practice in Accessible Tourism” (eds: Buhalis, Darcy, and Ivor Ambrose).  It focuses on policy and best practice in accessible tourism, reflecting the ”state-of -the-art” as expressed in a selection of international chapters. It brings together global expertise in planning, design and management to inform and stimulate providers of travel, transport, accommodation, leisure and tourism services to serve guests with disabilities, seniors and the wider markets that require good accessibility. Chapter 8, written by Sandra Rhodda of Access Tourism New Zealand, describes the state of accessible tourism in this country.  Overall, the book gives ample evidence that accessible tourism organisations and destinations can expand their target markets as well as improve the quality of their service offering, leading to greater customer satisfaction, loyalty and expansion of business.  Accessible tourism is not only about providing access to people with disabilities but also it addresses the creation of universally designed environments that can support people that may have temporary disabilities, families with young children, the ever increasing ageing population as well as creating a safer environment for employees to work. Noel Scott, of the University of Queensland, Australia says that the volume “provides a ‘state-of-the-art” assessment of both theory and practice. This book establishes a new field of study and provides the benchmark against which other contributions will be judged. It integrates the work of all the key players and should be read by academics, managers and government policy makers.”

Serbia’s third conference on opportunities and challenges in accessible tourism for people with disabilities will be held in Belgrade, June 6-7, 2011.  The conference is being organised by the Tourist Club of the Association of Paraplegic and Quadriplegic “Dunav” Belgrade in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic and Regional Development.  It will focus on serving visitors with disabilities, especially in rural areas, and on improving profitability and sustainability in Access Tourism.  It will also focus on legislation and the development of accessible tourism in Serbia and throughout the European Union, information technology and universal design in accessible tourism, and accessible tourism in relation to mountain tourism, sport, health, spa, and wellness tourism.   Attendees are expected to include people from government, tourism associations and agencies, the transport sector,  academics, and the disabilities sector.

For more information visit Dunav or email tkdunav@gmail.com

The Annals of Leisure Research is seeking papers for a special issue that examines the inclusion and citizenship of people with disability in “cultural life” (recreation, leisure, the arts, sport, or tourism).  The purpose is to:

a)      clarify what the terms inclusion and citizenship mean in different cultures;

b)      to place inclusion and citizenship to ‘cultural life ‘(recreation, leisure, the arts, sport or tourism) across discourses relating to economic, social and environmental contexts that affect people with disabilities participation; and

c)       to discuss the terms inclusion and citizenship from the ideological frameworks of government, researchers, providers of service or disability advocacy groups.

Submissions are sought from the consumer (demand), providers (supply) and coordination/regulation (government) sector perspectives. The guest editors invite interested researchers to contribute theoretical, methodological or empirical papers related to the theme of this Special Issue. The topics of potential papers include but are not limited to:

• The role of inclusion and citizenship in the construction of ‘cultural life’(recreation, leisure, the arts, sport or tourism) environments and experiences;
• What is the impact of inclusion/exclusion on the person and their experiences?;
• The social and/or cultural construction of inclusion in ‘cultural life’(recreation, leisure, the arts, sport or tourism) activities and experiences;
• The role of inclusion in the construction of cultural, sub cultural and personal identities of different societies;
• The role of inclusion in the construction and/or deconstruction of the intersection with gendered, ethnic and sexual identities within the experience of ‘cultural life’(recreation, leisure, the arts, sport or tourism);
• How experiences of inclusion compare and contrast between different dimensions of disability (e.g. mobility, vision, hearing, cognitive, sensitivities etc.);
• The impact of inclusion and citizenship within space and place making

Important Dates:

• Abstract deadline: 30 June 2011 to Jerome(at)dal.ca
• Notification of acceptance of abstracts deadline: 1 August 2011
• Submission for double-blind reviewing process: 30 November2011
• Review Process Notification: 30 January  2012
• Special issue publication: June or December 2012

For submission guidelines and more, continue reading……………..

Submission Guidelines

1. In the first instance authors are invited to submit a 500 word abstract listen to meet with indicative of references for consideration for the special issue.
2. Electronic submission of the abstract should be sent by e-mail attachment to  Jerome(at)dal.ca
3. Authors will then be selected to complete a full paper based on their abstract for potential publication subject to the full double-blind review process as required by Annals of Leisure Research.
4. Abstracts and papers should be sent as Microsoft Word file attachments using APA sixth edition.
5. Articles will be 5000-6000 words in length including references using APA sixth edition.

All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by two independent assessors.

Co-editors

Simon Darcy PhD                                                  
Associate Professor Events, Sport and Tourism        
UTS Business School – Management                      
University of Technology, Sydney                           
PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007

Simon.Darcy (at) uts.edu.au     

Jerome Singleton

Professor Leisure Studies

School of Health and Human Performance

Dalhousie University

1459 Oxford Street , Halifax, N.S.

Jerome (at) dal.ca

 Preamble:

We reside within a global village, approximately 10 per cent of the world’s population or 650 million people(including about 200 million children) are living with some form of disability(United Nations, 2009).  The World Health Organization and the United Nations have recognized that people with disability have a right to access services from all areas of citizenship (Darcy & Taylor, 2009; Genoe & Singleton, 2009). In particular, the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006), Article 30 recognises ‘cultural life’ as an important part of any person’s citizenship. As the United Nations’ outline, whether ‘cultural life’ is recreation, leisure, the arts, sport or tourism it is the enriching part of people’s lives where they strive to express themselves away from the everyday reality of their lifestyle situation and other constraints (Barnes, Mercer, & Shakespeare, 1999). As Stebbins (2006) and others have argued, for some individuals and groups of people with disability, ‘cultural life’ (recreation, leisure, the arts, sport or tourism )plays a far more important role as they have been denied active citizenship in employment. Cultural life(recreation, leisure, the arts, sport or tourism )has become the ‘serious’ focus of their existence (Patterson & Lobo, 2000; Shaw & Dawson, 2001; Stebbins, 2000). Yet, a great deal of research has focused on the medicalised benefits of sport and active recreation for people with disability due to lower levels of participation than the general population (e.g. Cooper et al., 1999; Darcy, Taylor, Murphy, & Lock, 2011). While a very important consideration, participation in ‘cultural life’ is more than sport and active recreation for prescribed therapeutic outcomes (Darcy, et al., 2011).

References

Barnes, C., Mercer, G., & Shakespeare, T. (1999). Culture, leisure and the media. In C. Barnes, G. Mercer & T. Shakespeare (Eds.), Exploring disability: a sociological introduction (pp. 182-210). Malden, Mass: Polity Press.

Cooper, R. A., Quatrano, L. A., Axelson, P. W., Harlan, W., Stineman, M., Franklin, B., . . . Chao, E. Y. S. (1999). Research on physical activity and health among people with disabilities: A consensus statement. Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 36(2), 142-154.

Darcy, S., & Taylor, T. (2009). Disability citizenship: An Australian human rights analysis of the cultural industries. Leisure Studies, 28(4), 419-441.

Darcy, S., Taylor, T., Murphy, A., & Lock, D. (2011). Getting Involved in Sport: The Participation and non-participation of people with disability in sport and active recreation. Canberra: Australian Sport Commission.

Genoe, R., & Singleton, J. F. (2009). World Demographics and Their Implications for Therapeutic Recreation. In N. Stumbo (Ed.), Professional Issues in Therapeutic Recreation On Competence and Outcomes. Champaign, Il: Sagamore.

Patterson, I., & Lobo, F. (2000). Developing a meaningful identity for people with disabilities through serious leisure activities. World leisure journal, 42(2), 41-51.

Shaw, S. M., & Dawson, D. (2001). Purposive Leisure: Examining Parental Discourses on Family Activities. Leisure Sciences, 23(4), 217 – 231.

Stebbins, R. A. (2000). Serious leisure for people with disabilities. In A. Sivan & H. Ruskin (Eds.), Leisure education, community development and populations with special needs. (pp. 101-108). Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.

Stebbins, R. A. (2006). Serious Leisure: A Perspective for Our Time: Transaction Pub.

United Nations. (2006). Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New York http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/convtexte.htm: United Nations General Assembly A/61/611 – 6 December 2006.

United Nations. (2009, 2 June 2009). Enable, from http://www.un.org/disabilities/

The World Leisure Journal announces a special issue on Leisure, Health, and Disability aimed at a wide range of topics. Empirical research (both qualitative and quantitative), systematic reviews, scholarly descriptions, brief reports, and book reviews are invited.

Sample topics may include:

•  Models of disablement and their implications for leisure and health research
• Intersections of aging and disability
• Disability demographics and statistics as they apply to leisure behavior and services
• World Health Organization’s ICF and its implications for leisure and health services
• Research on service provision for individuals with disabilities (including therapeutic
• recreation)
• Policy and systemic issues relating to disability, health, and leisure
• Medical and health-related travel and tourism
• Accessible travel and tourism
• Trends and issues in leisure and health service provision for individuals with disabilities
• Research and service gaps in leisure and health for individuals with disabilities
• New methodologies for researching leisure, health, and disability phenomena
• Technology’s impact on the equalization of opportunities for those with disabilities

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Manuscript Submission Procedure

Submit to: Guest Editor Dr. Norma Stumbo [nstumbo@illinois.edu or njstumbo@gmail.com]

1. All manuscripts must be in English and normally not exceed 5,000 words.

2. Manuscripts must be in Times New Roman 12 pt and adhere to American Psychological Association style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). 

3. Manuscripts should be double-spaced and sent as email attachments in .doc or .rtf formats.

 4. Title page must include:

(a) descriptive title of manuscript

(b) author(s)’ names and departmental or institutional affiliation of each,

(c) contact information for corresponding author, including email, mailing address, and telephone number(s)

(d) acknowledgements, if any

(e) funding support, if any

(f) 5 to 8 keywords

5. The first page of the manuscript should include:

(a) Descriptive title of manuscript

(b) Abstract of 200 to 250 words

6. Typical research manuscripts (some variation is possible) should have the headings of

(a) Introduction/Background

(b) Methods

(c) Results

(d) Discussion and Conclusions

(e) Implications for Practice (optional)

(f) Implications for Future Research (optional)

 Criteria for Acceptance

 1. Adherence to the special issue topic – Leisure, Health, and Disability.

 2. Methodological soundness and contribution to the knowledge base.

 3. Clear, precise, and succinct writing style.

 4. All individuals who are listed as authors must have approved the manuscript as submitted.

 5. Citations must be provided for all information either referred to or quoted in the text.

 6. Authors should receive written permission from the original author and/or publisher for the reproduction of any copyrighted material.

 7. Manuscripts must not be under review or have already been published elsewhere. The presentation of a paper at a conference or the publication of a preliminary report in conference proceedings does not constitute prior publication so long as the manuscript submitted to World Leisure Journal differs significantly from the presentation or proceedings paper.

8. Deadline for manuscripts: November 15, 2011

 Additional information:

1. Receipt of manuscripts will be acknowledged within 3 business days.

2. Each manuscript will be reviewed by 2 to 4 referees within 10-12 weeks of receipt.

3. Manuscripts will be rated by the reviewers and authors will be provided with copies of all reviews of their manuscripts. Reviews will be summarized with one of the following:

•  Accept, subject only to copy editing
• Accept with minor revisions
• Conditionally accept; major revisions necessary
• Reject but encourage major revision and resubmission
• Reject

4. The Guest Editors will inform the author(s) of the final disposition of their manuscript.  If revisions are required, authors should revise and return their manuscript along with a  description of how they addressed reviewer concerns and suggestions. While authors may dispute reviewer comments and suggestions, they must provide a sound argument in support of their position. When only minor revisions are needed, the Guest Editors can approve revised manuscripts without the need for further review by the external reviewers. Major revisions may be re-sent to the external reviewers.

6. If accepted for publication, the Co-Editors-in-Chief will provide authors with a transfer of copyright form for signature and return. World Leisure retains the copyright on all published manuscripts. Final versions of manuscript should be submitted in hard copy and identical electronic form.

 7. Authors whose manuscripts have been rejected for publication will be informed of the reasons for the rejection by the Guest Editors. Authors are welcome to submit their manuscripts/revised manuscripts to the World Leisure Journal for independent review in the normal way (i.e., for consideration for a non-special issue) via the Scholar One site.

Sample Book Reference Format:

Fishbein, M. & Azjen, I. (1975). Belief, attitude, intention, and behavior: An introduction to theory and research. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. National Cancer Institute. (2005). Theory at a glance: A guide for health promotion practice (2^nd Ed.). Bethesda, MD: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

 Rimer, B. K. (2002). Perspectives on intrapersonal theories of health behavior. In K. Glanz, B. K. Rimer, and F. M. Lewis (Eds.), Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice (3rd ed.) (pp. 144-159). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 Sample Journal Article Reference Format:

Janz, N. K., & Becker, M. H. (1984). The health belief model: A decade later. Health Education Quarterly, 11(1), 1-47.

Rothman, A. J. (2004). “Is there nothing more practical than a good theory?”: Why innovations and advances in health behavior change will arise if interventions are used to test and refine theory. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 1(11). Retrieved from: http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/2/1/2. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-1-11

Spahn, J. M., Reeves, R. S., Keim, K. S., Laquatra, I., Kellogg, M., Jortberg, B., & Clark, N. A. (2010). State of the evidence regarding behavior change theories and strategies in nutrition counseling to facilitate health and food behavior change. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110(6), 879-891. DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.03.021

Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Does changing behavioral intentions engender behavior change? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 132(2), 249-268. DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.132.2.249

The second series of the annual CEO-level conference, Ageing Asia Investment Forum (AAIF) will be the first conference in Asia focused on healthcare and ageing well for Asia’s ageing baby boomers.  By 2050, the number of people in Asia above 60 years of age is expected to be 1.2 billion, four times higher than in Europe and the United States, combined. In Asia-Pacific, baby boomer (born between 1946 and 1965) consumers control and an estimated wealth of US$11 trillion.

AAIF will be held in Singapore from 4 – 6 April at Pan Pacific Hotel.   Focused on the business of enabling healthy ageing, 40 CEOs from over 12 countries will discuss investment and collaboration opportunities for Asia’s emerging silver industry.  Over 200 international top business, government and not-for-profit leaders from various major baby boomer and ageing markets will attend the forum.  An international panel of speakers form Asia’s fastest ageing markets – including Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore will present and discuss:

• Health tourism
• Successful Japanese business models in accessing the ageing market
• industry collaboration and PPP investment opportunities in ageing Asia
• Asian healthcare groups strategies on longevity, preventive health, wellness, seniors housing and step-down care
• Identifying seniors’ living solutions for Asia: ageing-in-place versus retirement communities

With the European Union  estimating the Access Tourism market in Europe to be worth €80B, it is foolish not to take the chance to look make the Vuokattin region of  Finland  a destination of choice for everybody to enjoy regardless of their physical capabilities.   So says Danny Silva, Project Manager of the ELMA project at Vuokatti For All.    The  ELMA Project is committed to serving the region and all those who select Vuokatti and Kainuu as their destination of choice whether it be for holiday, business or any other reason.  It aims to create a high level sport and leisure environment for people with disabilities (PwDs).   “In my personal opinion (although influenced by proven research) sport is a pleasurable and healthy activity for all and Vuokatti’s main potential is sport and leisure tourism and the fact that a barrier-free sport and leisure environment is a rare but very desired thing, we now have the tools to become unique and a sought out destination” says Silva.    ELMA want to support all individuals and inspired entrepreneurs who look to develop in the Accessibility markets.   Silva reminds people that being accessible is not just about ramps and elevators but also about hospitality, friendliness, security, support and lots of fun.

 ELMA is also working with Snowpolis – a unique technology park with 27 companies specialising in wellness and sport – to coordinate the “Able Access for All Exchange” program (AAAE).  The AAAE is a European Union Calypso Project  for low season tourism exchanges for PwDs and others to travel to Europe’s holiday spots.  The AAAE will involve 2 other member states: Portugal and Cyprus.  Snowpolis will coordinate the activities of this project and the participating countries. The activities aim at studying, testing and proposing the possibilities of creating tourism exchange programs between organizations of different member states whilst using specific target groups to experience unique programs of the visited countries and promote low seasonality as a key period for a holiday.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington has included Access Tourism in their Recreation, Sports Leadership and Tourism Management programme.  Last summer participants in the course  also spent two weeks in Italy learning about health and medical tourism. They studied how accessible tourist attractions were to people of all types, including those with physical disabilities. They learned about the planning that goes into determining widths of doorways, for example, said Nancy Hritz, a professor at the university.

The first Baby Boomers turn 65 in just two weeks.  In the USA alone, 12,000 people a day will have a 65th birthday, and this will continue for the next 20 years.   According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), countries around the world are starting to strategically plan for aging Boomers who seek the best health products and services by creating state-of-the-art medical facilities.   Germany is currently seen as one of the best destinations for medical tourism and the Oetker Hotel Collection is now developing luxurious accommodations for foreign patients.  Some reports have estimated that there are around three million patients traveling abroad for treatment each year and almost one-fifth are from the Middle East.

“We are the first grand hotels in Germany, if not in Europe, to provide a so-called medical spa and continue our tradition with contemporary means, which differentiates us from other competitors,” Samir Daqqaq, senior vice president for developmen told the news provider quoted by AARP.   He also explained that the hotels are targeting patients who are looking for the best services, rather than the most affordable. While Germany can’t compete with the cheap procedures offered by countries such as India and Thailand, it does offer some of the most advanced treatments in the world.  Daqqaq estimated that 40 percent of patients are looking for advanced technology, while only 9 percent are trying to find lower costs.  He also commented on the impact that retiring baby boomers will have as they start to travel more.

“The boomers will… be a source market for the global tourism industry for several decades and will have the biggest impact when the latter part of the group retires around 2024.” 

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Of particular importance to Germany is the segment of older travelers from The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), as travelers from areas such as the United Arab Emirates spend $2 billion on medical tourism each year already.   During the first five months of 2010, there was a 16.4 percent increase in medical tourists from the Middle East to Germany, compared to the same period last year. Daqqaq told the news source that he expects the growth to continue, because the economic downturn hasn’t appeared to slow down the demand for quality healthcare.

Switzerland is another country that has started to cater to wealthy boomer patients, especially those from GCC states and Russia, reports The International Medical Travel Journal.  Next year the country is planning to expand the luxury role of its medical facilities to accommodate both foreign patients and their families. While treatment is still a priority, there will also be an emphasis on leisure.  One clinic, from the Genolier Swiss Medical Network, has a vacation-like setting that overlooks Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc. They recently added an exclusive presidential suite that offers patients comfort and privacy.  Switzerland hopes that this strategy will help market the country’s health services to boomers, who have proved to be dependable sources of revenue. Genolier knows this firsthand – while foreign patients make up only 5 percent of those treated, they generate 15 percent of the company’s profits.

Jan Sobhani, of German company Swixmed, estimates that the Swiss medical tourism market is worth $1 billion and, by 2020, will be worth around $5 billion. Around 60 percent of this revenue is from medical treatment, but 40 percent is from the travel and leisure that patients also enjoy during their stay.  Currently, Swiss businesses are pushing to attract wealthy Russians at ski resorts by distributing thousands of fliers that describe the two countries’ historic links and the top-notch medical facilities.  The Hirslanden Private Hospital Group is also targeting those from the Middle East. Recently, the healthcare provider struck a deal with the International Medical Center in Saudi Arabia so doctors and patients can be exchanged throughout the network.

Source: AARP

There are many excellent examples of attention being paid to older travellers in other parts of the world.  For example, Oz-Bus is reaching out to this demographic by offering products to suit their mature years – twin-share instead of dorms, small hostels, and no multi-share hostels.  Why? Because Oz-Bus noticed that 60% of its bookings were by over-30s, and 25% by over 60s.  Peter Beattie writes in the Australian that Baby Boomers, third age or senior tourists represent the richest ageing group in history and a class of older travellers: wealthier, healthier, more active and with higher expectations than their predecessors is emerging

In Israel, the Jerusalem Post highlights how that countries growing aged population has resulted in the development of a travel industry for seniors.  According to the article, “there are currently roughly 700,000 seniors and pensioners residing in Israel and a growing number of them enjoy good health and sufficient financial resources to enjoy their retirement years”.  The article interviews the Director of Beshvil Hazahav, a travel company specialized in tours for seniors, who points to the fact that “many retirees enjoy good health and longevity” and that “they are also at an age when they no longer have mortgages to pay and children to support”, as the reason many of them choose to travel.

In the UK,Shearings Holidays, which is the UK’s leading specialist tour operator for the mature traveller, offers holidays throughout the UK, Europe and beyond by coach, air and rail, as well as sea and river cruises. The company is part of Shearings Group, which employs over 3,000 staff and comprises as well National Holidays, Caledonian Travel, a chain of 50 holiday hotels under the Bay and Coast & Country brands, and eight Wallace Arnold Travel shops.   Travelmole reports that the company is to appoint two new sales managers in a bid to work with travel agents to drive sales in the over 50s market.  The new staff will work on pumping up activity in the south east which the operator sees as a key development region.  Commercial director Caroline Brown said: “As well as widening our product portfolio to help agents increase their sales from the over 50s, we’ll also be growing our agent support team. Agents who choose to work with us can benefit from the loyalty and high holiday spending of the over-50s market. Some of our agents have customers that book over 20 holidays each year with Shearings and 20% book more than one holiday a year.”

In addition, The International Longevity Centre UK has just produced a new report called The Golden Economy, which points out the following:

• In the UK, those aged 50 or over spent £276 billion in 2008‚ making up around 44 per cent of the total family spending in the UK.  Yet, despite the size of the market, for many, the private sector does not meet their needs.
• The older consumer market is expected to grow by 81 per cent from 2005 to 2030 while the 18-59 year old market will only increase 7 per cent.

 In the USA, Baby Boomer spending is growing at a pace that’s leaving younger generations far behind. Spending by the 116 million U.S. consumers age 50 and older was $2.9 trillion last year — up 45% in the past 10 years. USA Bureau of Labour Statistics data show that meanwhile, the 182 million people younger than 50 spent $3.3 trillion last year — up just 6% during the same decade (USA TODAY).  Marketers who ignore Boomers do so at their peril. For one thing, Boomers are about to get a lot richer. People 50 and older will inherit an estimated $14 trillion to $20 trillion during the next 20 years.

 Meanwhile, NZ ignores this market.

In a first for New Zealand, The New Zealand Tourism Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology has created a Research Programme Area in Access Tourism headed by Sandra Rhodda. 

 NZTRI’s Access Tourism programme aims to research and develop Access Tourism in NZ.  Access Tourism is tourism, travel, and hospitality for people with permanent or temporary disabilities, seniors, parents with strollers, and any person with a need for improved access.  This is an interdisciplinary research area that addresses the challenges and opportunities presented by Access Tourism.

The Access Tourist already represents a sizeable proportion of our tourism markets.  Between 17 and 20% of the population in our main markets already report a disability, and this percentage is bound to grow because the large Baby Boomer cohort is ageing and disability increases with age.  Those aged 45 or older already comprise almost half of our domestic and international visitors (and over 70% of our cruise ship visitors).

Areas of interest include:

• Research and policy development
• Understanding the Access Tourism market
• Awareness promotion and education of government and industry to the potential of Access Tourism
• Access Tourism product development and marketing in NZ
• Promotion of cooperation in a developing Access Tourism sector, including in the public and private sector
• Access Tourist satisfaction and motivation
• Economic and social benefits of Access Tourism
• Access Tourism as an important factor in tourism sustainability
• Relationship of Access tourism to Health, Wellness, and Medical Tourism
• Opportunities for Access Tourism legacy development around major events such as RWC2011