26 May
Why The Gap Between Supply of Access Tourism Products and Information About Them in NZ?
Guest article by Bill Forrester, Travability
The Wellington Cable Car is well equipped for people with disabilities visiting the top station and they even have an electric scooter available. The cable car’s own web site, however, has no information of accessibility at all. This is a common practice and I think is at the heart of the inclusive tourism debate. The facilities are built because compliance is still the key issue. While the government of New Zealand is clearly taking accessibility seriously in requiring built infrastructure to comply, the operators are still not seeing any value in the market and are not promoting the fact that the facilities exists. An added issue could well be that they are afraid of the market.
(A description of access to the Wellington Cable Car by Bill Forrester can be found on Travability, along with other information about Access Travel for people with disabilities - Admin ATNZ).
