Businesses invited to tap into $6.8 billion accessible tourism market

Newcastle Tourism Industry Group chairman Dominic May, CN Destination and Economy manager Georgia Lazzari, Cr Margaret Wood, Newcastle Business Improvement Association representative Lucy Glover and CN Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee co-chair Andrew Vodic. Picture supplied

BUSINESSES have been encouraged to improve their accessibility, boost Newcastle's name as an inclusive tourism destination and tap into a share of the $6.8 billion accessible tourism market.

A new program has been designed to give businesses practical advice on how to improve accessibility for tourists with a broad range of needs, including mobility, vision, sensory, intellectual and neurological disabilities.