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The Tourism Board for Wales have published their priorities for their visitor economy for the next five years and one of their main aims is to make the country more accessible for disabled visitors.
The document includes details of how they plan to make visitor accommodation and attractions more accessible for everyone. The document says: “Over the last five years, we have delivered more inclusive tourism in Wales through, for example, funding better access to holiday accommodation and visitor attractions. Our grading scheme also asks businesses to ensure that everyone feels welcome.”
A quarter of overnight visits and tourism day trips in Wales by GB residents include someone in the party with an impairment. Around £5.45 billion is spent by domestic overnight visitors where a member of the party has an impairment and that share is growing in both volume and value.
The document says: “It is important that the experience of visitors to Wales reflects out commitment to supporting disabled people and removing the barriers and obstacles which might prevent everyone from enjoying their time here to the maximum. The Welsh government’s Action on Disability Framework commits us to implementing the social model of disability, recognising that attitudes and facilities create problems, not individual medical conditions. This plan aims to ensure that everyone who travels in Wales can be confident that they will receive a warm welcome.”
Two of the ways in which tourism industries in Wales plan to do this is by focusing on funding for Brilliant Basics which will feature accessibility and by expecting all developers to design in excellent access from the start through Universal Design Standards.
