Melange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2020 | Page 90

Accessible Travel
Limitations in any form should not keep you from seeing
the world, and having a family member with unique
travel requirements, should not exclude you from
traveling!
Accessible travel becomes more important every year.
An Amadeus report on Accessible Travel says: “Millions
of people with accessibility needs around the world want
to travel more, be better connected, and have greater
variety of personalized travel services and destinations.
Above all, they want to be considered as travelers first, with
the ability to plan, search, book and purchase their travel
independently”
Travel spending in the disability sector has risen by 27%
over the past 13 years and continues to rise with more
destinations realizing the importance of having facilities
that can accommodate everyone. Travellers with mental,
cognitive or physical conditions desire and can share
similar experiences as every traveller such as dining out,
visiting the beach, sight-seeing, cultural explorations
among other things. Be it cane users, slow walkers,
hearing/sight impaired, wheelchair users etc., travel should
be for all and enjoyed by all.