Management Implications of Vision Impairment in the Tourism Industry

This report delves into the embodied tourist experiences of individuals with vision impairment, highlighting the significance of the tourism industry in creating unique and memorable experiences. It emphasizes the concept of embodiment and its impact on travelers, particularly those with disabilities. The report provides an overview of how tourism generates employment opportunities, increases currency value, and enhances the social and cultural information of the vision-impaired. It discusses data collection methods, including interviews and randomized controlled trials, and critiques claims regarding the benefits and limitations of travel and tourism for this group. The conclusion summarizes the positive impacts of tourism on social and self-esteem, while acknowledging areas for improvement in increasing the mobility of the impaired people.

The Embodied Tourist Experiences Of People
With Vision Impairment: Management
Implications Beyond The Visual Gaze

INTRODUCTION
 Tourism industry is on boom period. They are generating employment opportunities for various
individuals and group. Also, they are involved in providing unique experiences related to the
travelling for people.
 Tourism literature is now focusing on embodiment which is defined as the notation of making and
doing the work of bodies.
 This industry lays emphasis on making travellers view the beauty, paradise and natural aspects of
different regions by adhering to the constituents acceptable body.

Overview
 Tourism creates and embodiment which is a feeling that remains in the mind of people for their
whole life (Standing, Tang-Taye and Boyer, 2014). Travel and tourism make people touch
experiences which are beyond their thinking and imagination.
 These mesmerising experiences created by giving individuals and group the unique that is different
in nature. Industry has created employment opportunities for varied individuals and groups and it
has also brought in money. It raises the profile of the place and also attracts many travellers
towards it.

Evidence in support of claims
 Travel and tourism has claimed that the people with disability and impairment creates
mobility and improved their health outcome through travelling.
 There lies a great evidence about the following claims.
 Research says that by travelling disabled person are been socially charged and also they
create new experiences and memories through touring.

CONTINUE
 Through travelling they have gain unique values which has helped them in increasing their social and
cultural information related to other regions and place.
 It has assisted in improving the self esteem and self confidence of the blind people.
 These individuals also revealed that travel and tourism has helped them in increasing employment
opportunities for them.
 They have added unique values and features in their life and has made by them self efficient.
 It has helped them in creating experiences which they can not forget for lifetime.

Currency
 The blind and impaired people has revealed that travel and tourism has helped the region in
increasing the value of the currency for the specific and following region.
 It has provided them with varied employment opportunities and increased their economic
condition and life style level.
 It has helped these people in involving in social activities and developing their social status.

Data collection method
 The data was collected by interviewing the disabled, blind and social impaired participants.
Also, randomised controlled trial was used to collect the data.
 Research was also based descriptive in nature.
 Only journals and articles related to travel and tourism were being reviewed.
 Search was made using English language and also exclusive and inclusive criteria was used
for the research or study.

Critique of claims
 The claim which was made about the disabled, impaired and blind people were strong in
nature.
 Also the claim like currency value is been increased by travel and tourism sector was also
true.
 It has presented the different view and aspects of the travel and tourism industry.
 It has showed that after travelling people gain self confidence and self esteem.

CONTINUE
 The data was collected by interviewing the disabled, blind and social impaired
participants.
 Also, randomised controlled trial was used to collect the data. Research was also based
descriptive in nature.
 Only journals and articles related to travel and tourism were being reviewed.
 Search was made using English language and also exclusive and inclusive criteria was
used for the research or study.

Critique of claims
 The claim which was made about the disabled, impaired and blind people were strong in nature.
 Also the claim like currency value is been increased by travel and tourism sector was also true.
 It has presented the different view and aspects of the travel and tourism industry.
 It has showed that after travelling people gain self confidence and self esteem.

CONTINUE
 The claim that the travel and tourism increased the mobility of the disabled and impaired
people was weak.
 It also claimed that people life are better after going through the phase of travelling was
also weak in nature.
 Travel and tourism can inly help them in diverting their mind from the problems going in
their present time.

CONCLUSION
 From the above study it has been summarised that travel and tourism embodiment feeling
of social and cultural value in the disabled and impaired people.
 It has helped them in creating unique experiences and memories. This has assisted them in
increasing their social and self esteem.

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