Tourism and the UK's Disability Discrimination Act

By Scott Rains on November 29, 2009 10:24 AM | 0 Comments

The UK has a website to orient businesses on their obligations regarding tourism and the travelers-with-disabilities market.

This ought to be common practice for all nations now that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been ratfied.

See:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/TravelHolidaysAndBreaks/TravelAndHolidaysInTheUk/DG_4019030

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