Webinar – Best Practices for Accessible Tourism

Accessibility means giving people of all abilities opportunities to participate fully in everyday life and this includes visitors to your community.

Currently 1 in 7 people or 1.85 million Ontarians have a disability.  By 2036, as the population ages,1 in 5 Ontarians will have a disability.

People with disabilities will represent 40% or $536 billion of the total income in Ontario. Customers with disabilities are a growing market that no business can afford to overlook.

Improved accessibility in Ontario can generate up to $9.6 Billion in new retail spending and $1.6 Billion in new tourism spending.  A more accessible Ontario is good for our economy and our communities.

To learn more about how to make your community more accessible to visitors, join us for this free 45-minute webinar. We will look at what communities across Ontario, Canada, and the world are doing to attract tourists with disabilities, and their families, and give you some ideas of things you can do in your community to attract a wider range of visitors.

Webinar Presenter:

Constance Exley is the CEO of Accessibility Ontario and the Project Manager for OBIAA’s “Go ON: Building Accessible Communities Project”.