Accessible cultural tourism in Brasilia: a study for weelchair users in the main theaters of the city

Abstract

Accessibility is an important subject when we discuss social inclusion within Tourism. Cultural Tourism is a segment that includes many factors, one of them is visiting cultural productions at monuments, as is the case of theaters. This work analyzes accessibility for wheelchair users in the most important theaters of Brasília / DF. The objective is to research how this people are received in those places, not only about the physical access of these individuals but also about the hospitality of those who work in the establishments. Therefore, we sought to do a theoretical reference on the themes of Cultural Tourism and Accessible Tourism. Besides that, it was done a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research. The descriptive research was made with the intention of describing the results obtained from the observation script applied in the studied theaters. It was noticed that most of the analyzed theaters in Brasilia don´t have appropriate accessibility to receive a visitant who uses a wheelchair. In order to change this scenario, it is advised to theaters managers to know the legislation for accessibility in order to adapt those places and to seek resources to overcome the difficulties on the accessibility implementation.