Costa Rica: Airbnb Announces Alliance with National Council of People with Disabilities (CONAPDIS) and the Costa Rican Accessible Tourism Network to Promote Accessible Tourist Accommodations
Americas, Tourism, November 22 2021
COSTA RICA: Airbnb announced its commitment to improve the experience of travelers with disabilities in their destinations in Costa Rica. To achieve this, a cooperation agreement has been signed with the National Council of People with Disabilities (Conapdis) and with the Costa Rican Accessible Tourism Network in order to promote accessible tourism among its hosts.
The areas of cooperation include: promoting development on the Airbnb platform and exploring the promotion of Costa Rica as a market for accessible travel, trainings for hosts in order to increase the use of accessibility criteria and awareness in respect of the rights of these people.
As part of these efforts, two educational workshops for Airbnb Hosts have already been taught in conjunction with Conapdis and the Costa Rican Network of Accessible Tourism where accessibility in general was discussed and participants were taught to activate accessibility filters within of the platform to make its spaces inclusive for more travelers. The workshops were attended by around 200 hosts on Airbnb.
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“A sustainable destination like Costa Rica must have accessible tourism options. [...]