, we have icons like Rick Hansen," said Bruce Dewar, chief executive officer of Legacies Now. "We... to bringing people with disabilities to Whistler." Estimates suggest the accessible tourism market
tourism has encountered stagnation, and in some regions a decline of 5-10% compared to sales in 2008... estimated that 70% of them have both the financial as well as the physical capabilities to travel. If their friends, relatives and carers are included, this figure rises substantially, with estimated
About 15% of the world's population lives with some form of disability, of whom 2-4% experience significant difficulties in functioning. The global disability prevalence is higher than previous WHO estimates, which date from the 1970s and suggested a figure of around 10%. This global estimate
