Valoración de la infraestructura de los edificios religiosos para el turismo accesible en Villahermosa, Tabasco, México

Abstract

In all kind of ways, religious and accessible tourisms have promoted social awareness, learning and health and have generated considerable economic earning due to massive displacement of people who practice them. However, accessible tourists have found a series of architectural obstacles to access temples. Because of that, religious buildings in Villahermosa, Tabasco, México were anthropometrically valued to determine whether the infrastructure was eligible for this kind of visitor. The temples were characterized, key informants were interviewed and an evaluation matrix was designed based on Gutierrez and Buenfil (2005) thirteen an- thropometric criteria values. The results showed that seven valued temples partially met the accessibility re- quirements; this means needs had tourists were not appropriately considered. Therefore, it is also necessary to apply suitability standards for infrastructure and equipment not only this sort of building but for some others.