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The Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA), as part of Tourism Week, held a Tourism Week Symposium with the theme, ‘Universal Access… Is our Tourism Sector ready?’ which had invited members of the public and private sector to learn about the present policies, legislation and travel challenges of disabled persons in Barbados. The BTPA had invited representatives of the Courtyard by Marriott, Blessed Rentals, the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD) and the Town and Country Development Planning Office to speak on the topic.
The Operations Manager of the BCD, Roseanna Tudor, started the event by presenting a promotional video detailing the vacation experience of a disabled visitor to Barbados and also highlighted the several fully accessible businesses and locations on the island. Even though it highlighted that Barbados can accommodate disabled visitors, there are still some challenges in relates to accommodation, transportation and accessibility to various shopping centres, roadways and places of interests.
Roseann Foster-Vaughan, Administration Project Officer, who took on the role of ‘tourist’ in the promotional video, stated that the country has made some progress to become fully acces-sible, yet there was still more work to be done.
The symposium concluded with another presentation from Tudor, who spoke on the topic ‘Becoming accessible,’ a disability sensitivity training session.
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Source: travelnewsdigest.in