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The travels were perceived least accessible by respondents with severely reduced functional ability and by those with more than one functional limitation\/disease (e.g., restricted mobility and chronic pain). Those who traveled \u201coften\u201d, perceived the accessibility to be better than those who traveled less frequently. For travelers with high functional ability, the main barriers to more frequent traveling were travel costs and low punctuality. For those with low functional ability, one\u2019s own health was reported to be the main barrier. Our results clarify the links among existing functional limitations\/functional abilities, the barriers encountered, the travel behavior, and the overall accessibility to traveling. 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