Disability and touristic accommodation in Spain

Accessible tourism represents a segment with high potential and generator of a competitive advantage for the tourism sector. This profit is a result of all people beneficiary of accessibility as elderly people, who is increasing, families, people with temporary disabilities and pregnant women. Their representatively over the total of the Spanish tourism industry is growing because of two main factors: benevolence climate and regulations and social security coverage. Therefore, this research seeks to identify the key habits and behavior of Spanish tourist with disabilities about the accommodation that they use in their trips, and the main variables which can influence in their behavior.