Educational tourism: a learning focus for students and teachers and to benefit attention to diversity in school

Historically, tourism has been related to recreation and sharing leisure moments with friends or family, however -to an increasing extent- multiple types of tourism are distinguished, each with its own characteristics and objectives (cultural, gastronomic, religious or adventure, etc.). Particularly, this study reviewing the specialized literature presents a brief overview in which the relevance that tourism has for the development of teaching and learning processes is presented, and - specifically - with the fact that its implementation represents the improvement. so that all students can see their individual needs met, as well as (and as the core basis of this work) it benefits all children with low functional performance who are still in the classrooms without being able to fully participate in the proposed activities. In this way, it is concluded that educational tourism has not only grown in recent years, facilitating the work of teachers in the daily improvement of their practice towards attention to the functional diversity of the student, but also favors compliance with regulations. of an international nature such as the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN, 2006) and national education legislation.