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Accessible Tourism through Digital Accessibility for 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Are We Ready for WCAG 3.0?

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Tourism for all, and especially accessible tourism, is a generalized social demand that must be made possible by public authorities and companies in some way linked to the provision of tourist services. International regulations on digital accessibility are advancing so quickly that in just 5 years they have been updated 3 times, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 draft is currently in place to face the technological challenges of the fu ture. It applies flexibly to all kinds of content, apps, tools, publications and emerging technologies. The importance of this research is determined to learn more about compliance with digital accessibility in the tourism industry. A Sys tematic Quantitative Literature Review (SQLR) is applied with searches in WoS and Scopus, with a total of 28 articles analyzed from 1999 to 2021 period, using the search strings: “web accessibility” or “accessible tourism”. Results show that digital accessibility is a pending issue in this sector with significant accessibility problems or ignorance about its importance by the public involved in the tourism industry. It provides a vision on the future of digital accessibility in the tourism sector and designs a research agenda with the WCAG, the stakeholders and channels that influence in their environment.

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  • Fernández-Díaz, Elena & Matos, Nelson & Correia, Marisol, 2024. "Accessible Tourism through Digital Accessibility for 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Are We Ready for WCAG 3.0?," Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, Cinturs - Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, University of Algarve, vol. 12(4), pages 299-317.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:jspord:1102
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    Keywords

    Digital Accessibility; Systematic Literature Review; Scopus and WOS Databases; Tourism Agenda 2030; WCAG 3.0;
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    JEL classification:

    • L80 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - General
    • M30 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - General

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