2019 was a record-breaking 12 months for Wheelchair Journey, with effectively over a million web page views and a readership hailing from greater than 100 nations. That development pattern was persevering with into 2020, however COVID occurred. In mid-March, nearly in a single day, individuals went from dreaming about holidays to panic-buying face masks and bathroom paper. As coronavirus instances hit their first peak in April, visitors to this wheelchair journey weblog dropped a mind-boggling 95%. Nobody was excited about journey, a lot much less touring whereas disabled.

Regardless of the unhappy state of affairs, I by no means deserted this web site. All year long, I produced new content material the place potential, tracked developments within the journey trade and shared tales within the hopes of spreading a little bit of positivity. Regardless of this tough 12 months, I’m assured that, with vaccines now being distributed around the globe, 2021 will grant us a return to journey and exploration.

As I do yearly, I’ve compiled an inventory of the 12 months’s hottest content material to showcase what readers had been curious about. I’ve damaged it down into two components: the highest 5 cities you examine, and the highest 20 articles and weblog posts.

Prime 5 Accessible Locations of 2020

These had been the locations readers learn essentially the most about 2020.

1. New York Metropolis Wheelchair Journey Information
2. London, England Wheelchair Journey Information
3. Las Vegas Wheelchair Journey Information
4. Dubai Wheelchair Journey Information
5. Chicago Wheelchair Journey Information

New York Metropolis held the highest spot and two new cities joined the checklist in 2020 — Las Vegas at quantity 3 and Chicago at quantity 5. Paris and Berlin each fell of the checklist this 12 months, doubtless as a result of strict journey restrictions imposed by the European Union. Though every of this 12 months’s high 5 guides debuted on the web site in years previous, I printed a number of model new journey guides in 2020 together with the Nashville Wheelchair Journey Information and Salt Lake Metropolis Wheelchair Journey Information.

Prime 20 Weblog Posts of 2020

These had been the highest weblog posts of 2020, based mostly on visitors. A few of these posts had been written in earlier years, however they continue to be related.

1. American Airways Coverage Successfully Bans Energy Wheelchair Customers From Flying to 130 U.S. Airports
2. Hyundai’s New Wheelchair Taxi Idea is Out of This World
3. CHOP SHOP: American Airways Forces Wheelchair Disassembly
4. Free Powered Seashore Wheelchairs in Miami Seashore, Florida
5. 10 Wheelchair Accessible Locations to Go to in 2020
6. Solely 2 Airways Allow Disabled Individuals Who Can’t Put on A Masks to Fly [UPDATED]
7. How Many International locations Can You Identify in 15 Minutes?
8. 11 Airports in america with Grownup Altering Tables
9. The place Can We Discover Accessible Household Restrooms?
10. Accor Inns Are Successful the Accessibility Race
11. Airways Are Coaching Grievance Decision Officers to Break the Regulation
12. Man Fakes Harm to Rating a Enterprise Class Improve
13. You Can Now Stream Netflix’s Crip Camp Film for Free
14. Disabled? Get Free Entry to Nationwide Parks with the Entry Go!
15. 15 Smartphone Apps for Vacationers with Disabilities
16. First Class for the Wheelchair Traveler: Luxurious or Necessity?
17. 17 Cities with Wheelchair Accessible Uber or Lyft
18. What Airways Gained’t Inform You About Preboarding for Disabled Passengers
19. This One Bigoted Tweet Reveals So A lot About Incapacity Discrimination
20. The Metropolis The place Bus Drivers Aren’t Required to Let Wheelchair Customers on the Bus

Which was your favourite article of 2020, and what new content material would you prefer to see in 2021? Which locations would you want me to cowl? Remember to let me know within the feedback beneath!