Early Bird registration for the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Conference in Australia is now open, aiming to boost the $13.5 billion accessible tourism business.
Early Bird registration is now open for the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Conference (AITCAP) – Australia’s premier occasion devoted to the accessible tourism sector. This 12 months at Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre, AITCAP offers the tourism and leisure business with the information, abilities and beneficial connections to enhance business management on accessible and inclusive tourism in Australia, a $13.5 billion and rising tourism business*.
Now in its fourth 12 months, AITCAP is an annual occasion organised and delivered by GetAboutAble – an Australian social enterprise based by Dr Yasmine Gray, centered on supporting journey and leisure businesses to enhance their access and inclusion for folks with incapacity.
Currently in Australia, round 18% of the inhabitants (or 4.4 million folks) have a incapacity. An further 22% (or 5.5 million) have a long-term well being situation (Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ‘People with Disability in Australia’ internet report, final up to date 5 July 2022).
Accessibility not solely impacts these with a incapacity, although additionally the rising ageing inhabitants and households who could make use of things like prams and strollers and require ease of access at tourism and leisure amenities.
AITCAP offers the chance for attendees to listen to from a line-up of consultants on this area and businesses who’re main the way in which inside a largely growing business, and to type beneficial connections with these which might be placing accessibility on their business agenda. Supporting this 12 months’s occasion are key occasion companions together with The Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC), the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre as this 12 months’s venue, and City of Melbourne.
Yasmine Gray, GetAboutAble’s founder and AITCAP creator, says: “The accessible and inclusive tourism market is both far bigger and easier to attract than many imagine. With the industry looking at ways to attract new income streams into the future, I urge everybody to consider the simple fact that 20% of people travel with some form of disability.”
“AITCAP was first introduced in 2021 to address the needs of our accessible population, and to empower tourism operators with the knowledge and skills on making their businesses more accessible and inclusive now and into the future. With 1 in 5 people having some form of accessibility need, it’s an opportunity for businesses to address that market and tap into its powerful tourism dollar.”
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