Jointly organized by UNWTO, the ONCE Foundation, and IFEMA, the event “Accessibility: A Competitive Advantage for Tourism Destinations”, to be held at the 2013 edition of the FITUR Madrid tourism fair, will highlight good practices in tourism accessibility from across Europe and Latin America, with a special focus on accessible destinations in Uruguay.

Tourism stakeholders, leading experts, and organisations representing persons with disabilities and special needs will share their insight and experiences on the subject of accessible tourism, while examining opportunities and challenges in this regard.

The event will simultaneously elaborate on UNWTO’s on-going collaboration with both the ONCE Foundation, the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT), and the ACS Foundation, in the interests of making tourism destinations ever more accessible worldwide.

The working language of the event will be Spanish. No simultaneously translation in other languages will be provided; however, there will be sign language interpretation with Spanish subtitles.

FITUR is a global meeting point for tourism professionals and the leading trade fair for inbound and outbound Ibero American markets.

In 2012-confirming the trend towards recovery in the industry- 9,506 exhibiting companies from 167 countries/ regions, 119,322 trade participants and 91,555 people from the general public, met during FITUR to transform leisure into business and business into development. Moreover among the participation figures of note was the presence of 6,313 journalists from 54 countries, a turnout that demonstrates the importance of FITUR on the international circuit of tourism sector events.

Venue: FITUR, IFEMA, Salas N 113 y N 114
Time: 11.00 – 12.30
Registration and further information: UNWTO website

Source: ENAT

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