Reopening Tourism for Travellers with Disabilities: How to Provide Safety Without Imposing Unnecessary Obstacles

UNWTO and partners have developed a set of basic recommendations addressed to different stakeholders across the tourism industry in support of the adjustments to the new health and sanitary protocols.

Travellers with specific access requirements and seniors wish to start travelling again just as any other citizen. This wide segment of the population, comprising millions of potential consumers worldwide, has been hit hard by COVID-19. As the tourism sector is gradually reopening, it should not impose unreasonable new obstacles and barriers that can often be avoided if we embrace the concept of Accessible Tourism for All in the recovery process.