Disabled Visitors
There are 50 million disabled people in Europe alone, and a further 600 million more around the rest of world. Handicapped people are an important part of market dynamics, and new opportunities for investment and service niches are opening up due to their special needs. This includes special services provided by certain travel agencies toward disabled people. Disabled people often face numerous difficulties when booking holidays, such as the lack of accessible airport transfers, wheelchair accommodation, specially equipped hotel rooms, adequately trained hotel staff, specially constructed bathrooms and ease of mobility in general. Most modern travel agencies have adopted special principles when it comes to serving disabled tourists, while there are now certain travel agencies which cater entirely to the physically impaired.
Most of these specialized travel agencies are found in the USA and Europe, but the number of such companies are growing steadily around the rest of the world. Countries such as Denmark, Spain, Germany, France and Portugal are now fully accessible to handicapped people, offering special privileges and equipment to make their travel experience easier and more enjoyable. Most modern Asian countries now offer such facilities for the disabled as well. Disabled tourism is steadily on the rise, thanks to the valiant efforts of these nations.
Disabled Visitors