Tourism operators are encouraged to support disabled, elderly
Thai operators have been urged to provide products for inclusive tourism to facilitate tourists with disabilities and the elderly.
The Social Development and Human Security Ministry estimates there are about 2 million people with disabilities in Thailand, half of whom are elderly and in wheelchairs.
Thailand is an ageing society that will become an aged society in 2021 when the proportion of people aged 60 or older will reach 20% of the population, according to a report by the Foundation of Thai Gerontology Research and Development Institute.
Dusida Worrachaddejchai