http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains A BootsnAll Travel Blog Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:03:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At ETurboNews: The Incredible India campaign has taken off for the country making the tourism sector witness huge buoyancy in recent times. The marketing strategy has helped India achieve unprecedented growth in terms of both volume and value. Foreign tourists arrivals to the country have grown at a cumulative annual growth rate ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/the-incredible-india-campaign-and-universal-design.html Ever find yourself asking, "Who designed this thing anyway?" I do. I also found someone who figured out what to do next. Her story might someday impact us all. Julie Jones is founder and CEO of Engineered Travel. Engineered Travel, LLC (www.engineeredtravel.com ) works with manufacturers of existing products and shows them ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/travel-safety-the-spot-satellite-messenger.html OK, this site could be a big development for sharing travel information in the disability community. Now is the time to determine that for yourself. It went publictoday. If you like it share it with your friends. Where you see it needs improvement you can share that directly with TripWolf. Either way, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/tripwolf-jumps-onto-the-travel-20-path.html Sydney for All Travel 2.0 Portal The inclusive tourism market incorporates people with disabilities and those who are ageing and who have access needs (mobility, vision, hearing and communication). Significant numbers of Australians and people from overseas have disabilities – 600 million worldwide. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that 4 ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/sydney-for-all-portal-a-model-to-replicate-around-the-world.html Peace through Tourism Course Launched While I have not reviewed the final curriculum I did contribute in the research phase of this promising new course: At the 4th IIPT African Conference, May 20th – 25th 2007, Kampala, Uganda, a course on Peace through Tourism was launched, discussed and enthusiastically received by ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/peace-through-tourism-course-launched.html The Department of Conservation (DOC) on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand is sitting up and taking notice of access tourism. DOC manages more than 1.9 million hectares (about 4.7 million acres) of land on the West Coast, which is about a quarter of New Zealand's protected ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/accessibility-improves-in-new-zealand-tourism.html Alaksa tests the language of comparatives and scrambles metaphors: "Land of the Midnight Sun," "the No-See-Ums are so big you can see them." From May 25 to 30, 2008 I was invited to tour Glacier Bay Alaska on the Sea Wolf. Waypoint Charter Services books the wheelchair-adapted wood-hulled yacht the Sea Wolf. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/alaska-by-kayak-and-wheelchair.html One way to understand the movement for Inclusive Travel and Inclusive Destination Development is to think of it as the social phenomenon for implementing Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A new tool exists to help understand the impact of the CRPD with ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/us-laws-travel-and-the-united-nations-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd.html The CRPD is unique among international human rights treaties in that it specifically addresses the issues of physical and program accessibility in tourism for persons with disabilities: Article 30, Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport 1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to take part on ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/tourism-in-the-united-nations-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd.html The Rolling Rains Report Featured Entrant in the National Geographic and Ashoka's Changemakers Geotourism Challenge Global competition will uncover most innovative projects that support better tourism [San Jose, CA, USA] – The National Geographic Society and Ashoka’s Changemakers have introduced the first Geotourism Challenge to identify and showcase innovators in tourism ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Scott-Rains/the-rolling-rains-report-featured-entrant-in-the-national-geographic-and-ashokas-changemakers-geotourism-challenge.html