new delhi in a first one of indias largest travel companies has launched tour packages for the physically challenged cox kings has come out with enable india to make tourism more inclusive and accessible for people with disabilities across mobility wheelchairs hearing speech and vision impairmentdebolin sen the head of enable travel an accessible holiday initiative said enable travel is a longterm commitment to make travel easy and hassle free in india and to empower each and every individual to celebrate their love for travel through this initiative we are trying to address various barriers like inaccessible travel information lack of transportation and disabledfriendly hotel rooms that prevent people from travelling each of the itineraries catering to inbound and domestic tourists has been thoughtfully curated ensuring the longheld dream of a seamless travel experience isnt hamperedas part of its service offering enable travel will introduce quality transportation in the form of wheelchair accessible vehicles aids and accessories like ramps and an assortment of specialised wheelchairs for those who are wheelchair bound support services also include investments in specially trained manpower such as caregivers sign language interpreters expert guides and escorts making all areas of travel accessible sen addedkaran anand head of relationships at cox kings said people with disabilities have absolute right to live a life of equal opportunities choice and freedom they have the same desire to travel but the lack of an accessible environment reduces their ability or desire to travel outside many tourists with disabilities within and outside india are keen on exploring different travel experiences the country has to offer it is important to tap this largely underserved segment of travellers by providing quality assistance and services that focus on individual needs enabling barrierfree travel for people with disabilities will contribute to a significant increase in inbound and domestic tourismanand added in a country where everyday commute is still a struggle making tourism accessible to people with disabilities has been challenging enable travel endeavours to make tourism accessible to all and encourages people to turn their travel dreams into realitycox kings is powering enable travel which is described as a product made by the disabled for the disabled