Accessible tourism for people with physical disabilities. Case: canton Salinas

Abstract

Ecuador recognize the inclusion and the equality as a right in government that guarantee the participation of all inhabitants in a good life’s condition, without discrimination that assure the opportunities, work, education, welfare, rest and leisure. The tourism is a social phenomenon that day by day, it goes involving the humans’ need in their free time. The same goes developing and breaking barriers for all the people with disabilities can develop. In tourism a fundamental aspect is the accessibility in environments, transportation, communication, information and sustainability. Salinas is a tourist city of Santa Elena that promotes initiatives to contribute to the realization of tourism without barriers, where spaces have equal conditions, security and autonomy for all tourists who visit it, avoiding the minimum marginalization due to existing accessibility barriers. This study analyzed how the accessible tourism works in Salinas for people with special needs (disable). Through an exploratory and correlational investigation that guides the planning, execution and construction of tourist environment with the same opportunities for this vulnerable group in our society.