The bag & baggage of niche tourism: Travel packages for kids, disabled

Cox & Kings' Enable Travel initiative is aimed at tapping this niche market

Wheelchair-bound independent film-maker Rustom Irani has travelled to over a dozen countries in the last 20 years. But travelling within India makes him anxious. Public facilities here are usually not disabled-friendly, he says.
 
A Cox & Kings initiative will help people like Irani to plan their holidays. The tour operator earlier this month launched a division, Enable Travel, to cater to tourists with disabilities.
 
Package tours are the mainstay of tour operators in India but over the last few years companies have been introducing niche offerings such as women-only tours, senior citizen tours and exclusive packages for communities.