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Accessible Tourism Enabler

An initiative of Braille House supported by the Queensland State Government's Accessible Tourism Enabler Grant.

Braille House has engaged in a collaborative process amongst stakeholders to deliver a comprehensive package of resources, ultimately to enable people who are blind or have low vision to function more independently and with equity and dignity in the tourism and visitor setting. 

Assess your Organisation's Performance

Self-Assessment Access Audits

Self-Assessment Access Audit Checklists for Tourism Venues and Destinations

Braille House developed the Self-Assessment Access Audit Checklists with certified orientation and mobility specialists, in consultation with individuals with lived experience of blindness or low vision. The Checklists include links to relevant standards, guides, products, and resources.

These tools are part of a broader suite of resources designed to help businesses and destinations improve accessibility for blind or low-vision tourists, particularly in hospitality, accommodation, and tourist venues.

Self-Assessment Access Audit Checklists 

There are four checklists available:

  1. Whole of Venue Self-Assessment Access Audit Checklist
  2. Accommodation Venue Self-Assessment Audit Checklist
  3. Hospitality Venue Self-Assessment Audit Checklist
  4. Tourism or Event Destination Self-Assessment Audit Checklist

 

 Download the Checklists

Who Should Use the Checklists?

The Whole of Venue Access Checklist Audit is suitable for all venues and destinations, and should be paired with another checklist based on services offered. For example:

  • A restaurant or café should use the Whole of Venue and Hospitality Venue Checklists.
  • A museum, gallery, discovery centre, or stadium should use the Whole of Venue and Tourism/Event Destination Checklists. If it includes a café, the Hospitality Venue Checklist is also recommended.
  • An accommodation facility with a restaurant should use the Whole of Venue, Accommodation Venue, and Hospitality Venue Checklists.

What is Assessed?

Each checklist is divided into sections, with access elements to assess. The facility auditor will record whether each element is:

  • Already in place
  • Planned with adjustments pending
  • A minor, low-cost adjustment
  • A medium-term adjustment requiring some budget allocation
  • A long-term adjustment to be made during renovation
  • Ongoing
  • Not applicable

These audits will inform business planning by identifying short, medium and long term development and improvement goals.

Braille House will happily provide tourist destinations and businesses and interested individuals with these audit templates, once we have collected a little bit of information from you. Please complete the details below.

 Download the Tourism Accessibility Checklists

Feedback

Braille House welcomes feedback on the Accessible Tourism package of materials.

Email:  [email protected]

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© This work is subject to copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process (including modification, distribution and / or publication), nor may any other exclusive right be exercised, without the written permission of Braille House, 507 Ipswich Road Annerley, Qld 4103. 2024. Businesses have permission to use the suite of Accessible Tourism materials for the purposes for which they have been developed, that is, to make tourism accessible for visitors who are blind or have low vision.

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