Almost half of European travellers with accessibility needs take at least one leisure trip abroad
per year yet still face challenges within the travel sector.
The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) announced the winners of its 2025 Innovation Awards at its Spring Conference in Gandia, Spain. Six innovative practices were recognised for their efforts to make cultural, recreational, leisure and sporting activities accessible to people with disabilities on an equal basis with others.
A new 2025 report released by WebAIM, a non-profit focused on internet accessibility, has revealed how accessible different websites and sectors are, for the seventh year running.
The 2024 UK Access Survey reports that 78% of respondents are not confident about visiting new places when thinking about accessibility and 73% of respondents have come across an accessible toilet that they’ve been unable to use.
UN Tourism and the European Accessibility Resource Centre (AccessibleEU)joined accessible tourism champions at the FITUR Spanish Tourism Fair to advance policies, standards, incentives, skills and business strategies, making inclusion a reality for millions of people.
This publication is a Doctoral dissertation by former ENAT President, Lilian Müller carried out at Lund University, Sweden, issued on 20th October 2023.
This book is part of a series of volumes addressing a notable gap in the literature on Tourism studies by focusing on the tourist experience in a cohesive and thematically structured manner.
UN Tourism (the UN World Tourism Organisation) offers 6 free guidelines for accessible travel, containing recommendations for key players in the tourism sector.
