Fonte: Applied Tourism; v. 5 n. 3 (2020): .; 42-55
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Resumo: The public of senior citizens is growing, due to the greater concern with physical and mental health. Tourism is one of the ways through which this group enjoys their free time, especially the Sun and Beach Tourism, which provides them different kinds of activities. This work aims to answer the following research question: How senior-friendly are the beaches of the Joćo Pessoa coast in terms of accessibility? To meet this research objective, bibliographic, documentary and descriptive research were carried out, and a qualitative analysis was conducted, based on field research, on-site observation and the application of a checklist as the methodological procedures. Through the reports obtained from the on-site observations, it was clear that the urban beaches, i.e. those closest to large urban centers, are more accessible than those further away from the urban centers. However, none of the studied beaches fully met the accessibility criteria outlined in NBR9050/2015. As future contributions, an accessibility guide to the main beaches of Joćo Pessoa will be produced, based on the information obtained, in order to provide information on accessibly for interested parties, including visitors, the public sector and the tourist trade.
