TOURISFOREVERYBODY Project details page
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Title:
Tourism for Everybody
ProjectID:
Comenius project
Description:
An investigation carried out in 1993 by cabinet TOUCH ROSS revealed that there are 37 million people handicapped in Europe (including 10 % in France). Most of them are eager to travel and greatly interested in visiting our beautiful country, drawn by our inheritance, steeped in history and our superb coastline. To these millions we can add
- the temporarily handicapped (various fractures�),
- the elderly, whose number is constantly increasing (the age often brings a reduction of mobility, sensory, visual and auditive handicaps)
- families with infants.
We can estimate up to 300 million additional nights for hotel-owners, and 130 million extra excursions for the Tourism Offices, the "market" of accessible tourism.
Faced with this significant market, the European countries react in different ways. In France, the association "Tourism and Handicaps", was created by the minister of tourism. It established standards of accessibility for tourism services according to a typology of handicaps. This made it possible to set up a national label.
In the regional areas, the "DRT" are in charge of organizing the demand and in contributing to the preparation of the files concerning labellisation. In Corsica, it is the "ATC" which fulfills the functions of the DRT. It will soon begin the labellisation programme, at the request of Bastia and upper-Corsica Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
As part of the framework of their studies in BTS VPT, the students of Giocante High School will be informed on the problems of accessibility of tourism sites. It is of great interest to us to compare the situations in various European countries and to contribute to the promotion of the accessible places of interest.
- the temporarily handicapped (various fractures�),
- the elderly, whose number is constantly increasing (the age often brings a reduction of mobility, sensory, visual and auditive handicaps)
- families with infants.
We can estimate up to 300 million additional nights for hotel-owners, and 130 million extra excursions for the Tourism Offices, the "market" of accessible tourism.
Faced with this significant market, the European countries react in different ways. In France, the association "Tourism and Handicaps", was created by the minister of tourism. It established standards of accessibility for tourism services according to a typology of handicaps. This made it possible to set up a national label.
In the regional areas, the "DRT" are in charge of organizing the demand and in contributing to the preparation of the files concerning labellisation. In Corsica, it is the "ATC" which fulfills the functions of the DRT. It will soon begin the labellisation programme, at the request of Bastia and upper-Corsica Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
As part of the framework of their studies in BTS VPT, the students of Giocante High School will be informed on the problems of accessibility of tourism sites. It is of great interest to us to compare the situations in various European countries and to contribute to the promotion of the accessible places of interest.
Description in original language:
Comment faciliter l'information sur l'accessibilit� au handicap des sites touristiques
Subject:
How to get better information concerning accessibility in tourist sites
Coverage:
FRA; SWE; GRC; GBR
Partner:
Several European school establishments
audience:
Tourism industry professionals and associations of handicaped users
Life Cycle Status:
Completed
Start Date:
09/01/2006
End Date:
06/30/2009
Typology:
COMENIUS
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Organization:
LYCEE GIOCANTE DE CASABIANCA
Firstname:
CORINNE
Lastname:
NOEL
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