1、ACCESSIBILITY IN TRAVELSeptember 2023REPORTINTRODUCTIONTYPES OF ACCESSIBILITYWHY ACCESSIBILITY IS IMPORTANTACCESSIBILITY IN BUSINESS TRAVELACCESSIBLE TRAVEL SERVICESCOMMUNICATIONACCESSIBLE TOURISM FOR ALLTravel can be stressful for everyone but travelers with disabilities have more reasons to be wor

2、ried about how smooth it will go.On a trip,they can experience a wide range of difficulties and barriers due to the way that services and environments are designed.Accessibility to communications,facilities,products and services for all should be a central part of any sustainable travel policy.Accor

3、ding to the World Health Organization,an estimated 1.3 billion people-about 16%of the global population-currently experience significant disability,and this number is increasing.1The potential market of people with disabilities in the European Union(EU)is 135 million people.2In Asia-Pacific,the mark

4、et size is 690 million people3,in Latin America and the Caribbean this figure reaches 85 million people4,while in Africa more than 80 million have some form of disability5.In the United States,there are over 42 million people with disabilities,making up 13%of the population6,while in Canada this num

5、ber makes up 6.2 million persons aged 15 and older.7These figures keep growing with population growth,medical advances and the ageing process.1At the same time,a big number of people with disabilities possess the financial and physical capabilities to travel.In the EU,their share makes up 70%of all

6、people with disabilities.81WHO,March 20232WHO,Sept.2019 3ESCAP,UN,2018 4World Bank,20205UN,20186Pew Research Centre,U.S.Census Bureau data,20217Employment and Social Development Canada,20178Bowtell.J.,2015135MEuropean Union690MAsia-PacificPopulation of people with disabilities85MLatin America and th