Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea 20. Article 30. Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport 20.1 Discrimination against persons with disabilities in tourism and leisure 1) Current status and problems ① Most tourist buses and city tour buses consigned by local autonomies to private companies are not furbished with lifts for wheelchairs, and thus persons with disabilities who use wheelchairs cannot enjoy tourism or leisure activities on an equal basis with persons without disabilities. ② Travel agencies that sell travel products home and abroad do not accept applications for persons with disabilities in wheelchairs for packaged tours unless they are accompanied by an assistant or demand additional payment for the recruitment of another guide for them, and there are cases where they are denied such products for other tourists may find traveling with persons with disabilities unfavorable or uncomfortable. ③ Persons without disabilities can use an airplane or train to reach a tourist destination and from there, travel by renting a car of their choice from a car rental company, but there are no rental companies that rent cars installed with driving assistant devices customized to different disabilities for persons with disabilities. ④ The Initial Report does not state any of the above. 2) Recommendation ① The government should amend provisions so that tour buses and city tour buses operated in major cities nationwide are installed with lifts for wheelchairs. ② The government should engage in stronger supervision of companies selling NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 41