The Blind Can 'Seeing' Tourist Destinations in the Internet? An Analysis of the Accessibility of Official Websites of Brazilian States

Authors

  • Francisco Vicente Sales Melo Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Denis Silva da Silveira Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v7i2.586

Keywords:

Accessibility, Websites of Tourism Government, Blind People.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the accessibility of official websites of Brazilian states with regard to seeking information about their destinations by blind people. We evaluated all tourism portals of each state through two software accessibility evaluators. Then, two blind people who are users of the Internet and has a habit of traveling for leisure accessed portals. After analysis, it was found that only the tourism website of the State of Paraná presented as accessible both in analysis of the software for the evaluation of the participants, indicating that almost all Brazilian portals are not accessible to these people. The study does not present practical solutions to improve the accessibility of Brazilian tourism portals, just from a descriptive analysis, but especially relevant, raise issues and provoke discussion about the topic in question.

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Author Biographies

Francisco Vicente Sales Melo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Doutorando em Administração pelo PROPAD/UFPE

Denis Silva da Silveira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Doutor em Engenharia de Produção pela UFRJ. Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em Administração da UFPE.

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Published

2013-08-20

How to Cite

Melo, F. V. S., & Silveira, D. S. da. (2013). The Blind Can ’Seeing’ Tourist Destinations in the Internet? An Analysis of the Accessibility of Official Websites of Brazilian States. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 7(2), 281–295. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v7i2.586

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2013): May/August

Section

Articles

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