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This chapter intends to emphasize the importance of the accessibility in religious heritage, as a key to local and sustainable development in tourism. The authors intend to show how accessibility is taken into account when it is necessary to publicize religious tourist sites. In fact, there are nowadays some methodologies and tools to allow tourists with visual, motor and/or hearing disabilities to experience touristic heritage, promoting equal opportunities to access to monuments. In this chapter it will be presented a theoretical analysis about local and sustainable development, as well as accessibility to Heritage. Finally, it will be presented a pilot study model, regarding the accessibility in the churches of Lamego town, one of religious heritage and pilgrimage centers in UNESCO World Douro Heritage.
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World Heritage Religious Tourism Accessibility Lamego Douro region churches religious tourism heritage disabilities accessibility local and sustainable development UNESCO’s world heritage regions
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IGI Global, Business Science Reference