Businesses pledge to improve accessibility
To mark Purple Tuesday (12 November) we’re encouraging businesses to improve their accessibility over the next year.
This could be improving customer service through staff training or making changes to on-site facilities, with our inclusive tourism toolkit a good starting point. The toolkit includes detailed guides on events, training courses and information on creating detailed access guides.
It comes as we celebrate our fourth year as partners of Purple Tuesday, the global social movement which seeks to improve accessibility for disabled people.
Making Scotland an inclusive and accessible destination – catering for those with physical and hidden disabilities, families, and the elderly – is one of our national priorities.
It’s an incredibly valuable market for Scotland.
The “purple pound” – the term which refers to the spending power of disabled people, and their travel companions – contributes approximately £1.69 billion to Scotland’s tourism economy.
Hear about some of the work that The Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh and Archerfield Walled Garden in East Lothian are doing to improve their accessibility:
