PREDIF, MADRID CITY COUNCIL AND AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY OF MADRID SIGN AGREEMENT ON ACCESSIBLE TOURISM10/8/2017 The initiatives set out in this agreement will be put into action at the event ALLMADRID4all, to be held from the last week in November until the 4th December, coinciding with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on the 3rd December. In June, a collaboration agreement was signed by PREDIF, the Representative State Platform for People with Physical Disabilities, the Office of Culture and Tourism through the Community of Madrid Department of Tourism and the City Council’s Madrid Destino. Its purpose is to promote accessibility in tourism and culture in the City of Madrid and the rest of the tourist destinations in the region. ALLMADRID4all will bring together the initiatives set out in the agreement and will consist of three events in one, to be held in late 2017, coinciding with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on the 3rd December. This agreement has two key aims. The first is to raise awareness among professionals in the local, public and private tourism industry about the needs of these clients and to publicise innovative tools and solutions for enabling them to be more competitive through accessibility. The second is to promote the region and city of Madrid as accessible destinations among specialist tour operators and travel agencies in the countries tourists come from, publicising the accessibility features of their tourist resources and services. What Will Happen at the Event The first activity to take place will be the Fam / Blog trip, from the 27th to the 30th November. It will be an accessible trip around the Madrid region and the city of Madrid aimed at bloggers with disabilities and tour operators and travel agencies that specialise in accessible tourism in the countries visitors come from including the US, the UK, France, Italy and Germany. During the trip, they will visit the region’s most emblematic places, such as Alcalá de Henares, Aranjuez and San Lorenzo de El Escorial and all the premises and activities featuring in the experience will be suitably accessible for everyone. Another initiative will be the TUR4all Fiesta, which will be held on the 2nd December. The TUR4all accessible tourism mobile app and website have been created by PREDIF and Fundación Vodafone (Vodafone Foundation) Spain for helping to enable people with accessibility requirements to travel, enjoy tourist destinations and take part in leisure activities just like any other tourists. During this event people with disabilities and tourist industry volunteers and professionals will meet at the Real Casa de Correos (Royal Post Office Building) and then make an organised journey around the streets of Madrid in order to include information about new tourist establishments on the mobile app TUR4all. The TUR4all Fiesta is a public event for raising awareness that will end with a music and dance show at the Palacio de Cibeles (Cybele Palace).
The International Meeting on Accessible Tourism 2017 will be the last ALLMADRID4all event and will take place at the Vodafone Spain auditorium on the 4th December. It will be attended by some 150 professionals from Spain and abroad with extensive experience in accessible and responsible tourism, travellers with accessibility requirements, government bodies, private companies, travel agencies and tour operators that are already working in this field. The meeting is aimed at local, public and private tourist industry professionals and is intended to be a forum for considering in detail and boosting accessible tourism in the region.
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AUTHORPREDIF, the Representative State Platform for People with Physical Disabilities, is a nationwide public interest organisation that represents over 100,000 people with physical disabilities, implements programmes and promotes initiatives for them. FILESCATEGORIES |