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    Accessible Tourism and the Role of Public Transport Provision: Comparing the Access to Attractions for Tourists with and without Disabilities in Bangkok
    (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2020) Fernandes Ferreira, Amanda; Leite Damaceno, Aline; Chang, S. K. Jason
    Tourism is acknowledged as one of the world's most important economic sectors, responsible for a significant share of global GDP. Transport is a key element for this industry, as one of the factors that affects the attractiveness of a tourist destination. Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 130 million people have some sort of disability that requires the use of a wheelchair and that number will tend to increase, due to the rapidly aging population. The provision of wheelchair-friendly transportation, particularly in the public sphere, is essential to ensuring access to tourist attractions. In that context, in this paper we aim to assess how the absence of fully accessible public transportation affects the tourism of wheelchair users. To perform this study, the city of Bangkok was chosen, which ranked as number one in the list of most visited destinations in 2018. As the literature shows that tourists usually prefer to use railways rather than buses when they are traveling to unfamiliar places, this study considered only the urban rail systems in the analysis. In order to evaluate the influence that the provision of wheelchair-friendly transportation has on the access to tourism, the most visited tourist attractions, as well as their locations within the city's municipal area, were identified and sorted. Data on the number of lines and stations, accessibility status of each station, and its distance from the tourist destination were also collected. The geographic information system tool was then used to analyze the station coverage. The results showed that the lack of accessibility in some stations or their distance from the destinations can create inequality of access. Moreover, insufficient provision of accessibility is a critical issue that can inhibit the tourism of people in wheelchairs, which in turn can lead to a potential economic loss for the sector.
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    Measuring the Performance Impact of a Decentralized Waterborne Container Transportation Service on Inland Waterway Hubs in Western Germany
    (IEEE, 2022) Alias, Cyril; zum Felde, Jonas; Alarcón Olalla, Frank Eduardo; Severin, S.
    In view of eroding market shares of inland waterway transportation, innovative waterborne transport service concepts and new business models are needed. In order to safeguard the successful adoption of the new IWT services, it is of utmost importance to prove their economic viability and present the individual gain for all parties and stakeholders involved. One of the parties involved are the inland waterway hubs that connect the new services to the existing service landscape. By examining the effects of the service on hubs and proving its viability, an important hurdle is taken on the way to real-world application.With the help of discrete-event simulation, the performance of the envisioned decentralized waterborne container transportation service can be examined. Numerous scenarios have been developed and examined in order to develop an understanding of the service under miscellaneous conditions. The scenario results can be used for a closer look at the performance results of the IWT hubs and a comparison with one another. By ensuring a good economic performance of the IWT hubs involved, the realization of the service concepts appears more likely.