Adaptive divers boost Cayman Brac tourism

(CNS Business): This week one of the two hotels on Cayman Brac will be 100% full with a single group of divers. The Dive Pirates, a non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas, teaches people with quadriplegia, paraplegia, amputees and other mobile disabilities to dive and brings them on a diving holiday to the Brac Reef Beach Resort. Last week Eels On Wheels, a group from Austin, Texas, brought 76 people including 14 wheelchairs. DoT Director Shomari Scott says the Department of Tourism is steadily increasing its support for the growing market of adaptive divers and physically challenged tourists. Read more on CNS Business