Travel constraint perceptions of people with mobility disability: a study of Sichuan earthquake survivors

Bruce Changjiang Tao; Edmund Goh; Songshan (Sam) Huang; Brent D Moyle

doi:10.1080/02508281.2019.1589085

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Travel constraint perceptions of people with mobility disability: a study of Sichuan earthquake survivors

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Travel constraint perceptions of people with mobility disability: a study of Sichuan earthquake survivors

Bruce Changjiang Tao, Edmund Goh, Songshan (Sam) Huang and Brent D Moyle

Tourism Recreation Research, Vol.44(2), pp.203-216

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2019.1589085

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Abstract

Travel constraint

disability tourism

mobility disability

Sichuan earthquake survivor

interpersonal constraint

intrapersonal constraint

structural constraint

UniSC Diversity Area - Disability and Inclusion

This research examines how different socio-demographic and travel characteristics influence the perceptions of travel constraints of people with mobility disability. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research conducted a questionnaire survey with 157 Sichuan Earthquake survivors who suffer from different levels of mobility disability, supplemented by 22 semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed that age, education, income, and marital status were the sociodemographic variables, and travel frequency, expenditure, motives, time and companions were the travel-related factors influencing the travel constraint perceptions of people with mobility disability. A novel contribution to the literature is the core finding that a life-cycle pattern was identified in the relationship between age and travel constraints. For instance, age is negatively correlated with interpersonal constraint while positively correlated with intrapersonal constraint. Contrary to the reporting in extant studies, this research did not find that severity of mobility isability affects perceptions of travel constraints. Practically, this research adds further theoretically information substance to the notion that destination managers should consider.

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Title: Travel constraint perceptions of people with mobility disability: a study of Sichuan earthquake survivors
Authors: Bruce Changjiang Tao (Author) - Sichuan Agricultural University, People's Republic of China
Edmund Goh (Author) - Edith Cowan University
Songshan (Sam) Huang (Author) - Edith Cowan University
Brent D Moyle (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Business
Publication details: Tourism Recreation Research, Vol.44(2), pp.203-216
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2019.1589085
ISSN: 0250-8281; 0250-8281
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451492802621
Output Type: Journal article

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