Published on : Friday, April 20, 2018
Do Cam Tho, deputy head of tourism department under the culture ministry, explains in majority of developed nations, public infrastructure comprise features to make sure easy movements for people with disabilities like auditory and visual signals, lifts in train platforms, grab rails in bathrooms and to assist deaf-blind people at pedestrian crossings.
Therefore, the tourism sector simultaneously needs to go after the regulations to make certain accessibility for disabled people. The specially designed large-sized buses of tourist operators are there to accommodate wheel chair users and tourist destinations have facilities to serve the disabled.
Nevertheless, in Vietnam, these amenities are entirely missing. Convenience for disabled persons is not taken into consideration in terms of typical design or construction process. For instance, still many destinations use staircases as an alternative of sloping lanes or a separate lane for the disabled. Buses are devoid of lift system for less mobile persons and there is no trained tour guides who can assist the disabled.