Análise das condições de acessibilidade de rota turística a pé em Porto Alegre/ RS

Accessibility is an essential factor in an egalitarian society, and must guarantee access and quality of life for everyone, including people with disabilities or reduced mobility. In this perspective and based on the reality observed in exploratory research on accessible tourism in Porto Alegre, an analysis of the conditions of physical accessibility of one of the tourist routes on foot by the Directorate of Tourism of Porto Alegre / RS was carried out, called 'Crossing the parallel 30˚: Lower City '. The analysis sought to identify whether these places are accessible to the public with physical disabilities or reduced mobility. The attractions evaluated in the study were the visitation points of the tourist route elaborated by the referred Directorate of the Municipal Secretariat of Economic Development. In order to achieve the proposed objective, bibliographical, documentary and experimental research was carried out. The results show that most of the tourist points analyzed still have problems in terms of accessibility and, at times, were totally inaccessible. Given the above, the study aims to collaborate so that measures are adopted to promote accessibility on routes and tourist attractions in Porto Alegre, since they are directly related to the history of the city, and therefore, they must be able to receive both tourists as residents who face any mobility difficulties.