Omnipods - Glamping Pods For Your Business
By providing accessible accommodation, businesses open their doors to 14.1 million disabled people in the UK. For the majority of disabled or reduced mobility individuals, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find suitable accommodation that allows them to explore holiday destinations in the UK. Holiday parks, campsites and glamping pod sites, in the main, are inaccessible, but with Omnipod sowing the seed for change, there are great opportunities for businesses. Click below to explore the UK tourism businesses that have committed to catering for all access needs.
Operators who offer accessible accommodation report an increase in business of up to 20% and enjoy occupancy levels up to 97% all year round
“Over the past twelve months, our organisation has been unable to find availability for 19% of our customers wishing to holiday in the UK. The difficulty of finding accommodation in popular locations such as Devon and Cornwall is more like 50%.”
A market you can’t ignore; the facts about tourism in the UK:
Tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the U.K. economy. Visit Britain reports that an astonishing 290 million nights were spent away from home by British residents in 2019.
£19.4 billion is the amount spent by British residents on nights away from home.
2019 saw a 2% increase in the number of domestic trips taken in England. And the figures from 2020 are set to reveal a bumper year for UK tourism with more of us staying on UK shores for the first time in decades due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The UK tourism industry is booming with the final figure standing at £145.9 billion in total revenue in 2018 from all tourists in the UK (Tourism Alliance Statistics 2019).
But more needs be done for people with access needs…
The UK Accessible Tourism Market:
430,000 British adults did not take a domestic trip in 2018 - 2019 due to a lack of accessible accommodation options.
An additional £116.7 million could be generated for the UK tourism industry every year if people in the UK with accessible needs took a domestic holiday.
£249 billion equates to the spending power of disabled people and their families in the UK according to the family resources survey.
The Tourism Minister and Minister for Disabled People have called for the UK tourism industry to do more to cater for disabled people.
An increasing number of families are looking for Care Home alternatives and accessible accommodation for all generations following the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020.
