Our research

Research in AUT’s Tourism For All NZ Research Group addresses the question of how the tourism and hospitality industries, stakeholders and academic inquiry can drive a more inclusive, responsible and sustainable future.

We collaborate with other researchers, stakeholders and community groups to champion accessible and inclusive tourism in New Zealand, and can help with the design and delivery of accessible tourism modules.

Postgraduate and doctorate research

Our team is actively involved in postgraduate research to support the scholarship, development and practice of accessible and inclusive tourism. We welcome enquiries from potential master's degree and doctoral students interested in topics related to accessibility and inclusion in tourism, hospitality and events. We encourage inclusive and creative methodologies.

The Disabled Tourist

This book addresses a growing demand to hear the authentic voices and understand the lived tourist experiences of people with disability. The latest volume in The Tourist Experience series challenges what is arguably an exclusionary, marginalising, discriminatory and ableist (tourism) world.

Cover of the book

Our current research projects

A priority research agenda for accessible tourism in New Zealand
Innovation for tourism recovery through accessible tourism
Destination management plans for accessible tourism
Making New Zealand’s built environment accessible and inclusive
Dementia-friendly tourism
Accessible beach tourism
Accessible hotel restaurants
Accessible information for tourism and hospitality business websites

Accessible museums and art galleries
Tourism and carers
Family tourism
Terminal illness and tourism
Tourism and solid organ transplant
Social tourism
Accessible and inclusive travel insurance policy
Lived experiences of travel for people with epilepsy, endometriosis, Early Onset Parkinson’s
Disability, tourism, and sustainability
Disability employment and entrepreneurship
Hospitality and refugee resettlement