The cultural sights accessibility: the case of Barcelona
Abstract
The public and private bodies of different tourist destinations want to become tourist areas accessible for all people, independently of their physics, sensorial and/or intellectual nature. The present article intents to analyse, through field work and reference documents of international organizations like WHO or WTO, if some of the most visited cultural sights of Barcelona (Sagrada Familia, Park Güell, El Born Centre Cultural y Museo Picasso) achieve the national accessibility code, and consequently, provide ideas to improve the accessibility and achieve a global accessible city for all the citizens and tourists.
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