Disability Tourism Dollars in Western Australia Hotels
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As the Western Australian hotel sector continues to look for new opportunities, people with disabilities are being acknowledged as a consumer group with considerable revenue earning potential. The authors report on findings from the initial stages of a threepart methodology aimed at investigating current awareness of and provision for the disability issue within the Western Australian hotel sector.
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