On May 14, EuroFUE-UJI attended the FRATER Castellón center, the largest residence for people with reduced mobility in the city. During its visit, EuroFUE-UJI created a debate workshop with FRATER residents. Accessible tourism has been the topic of discussion.
Nela Gómez presenting the RESTAT project
The reason for the visit was the presentation of the RESTAT project, a project in which EuroFUE-UJI collaborates as a partner and which is committed to accessible tourism. However, the main objective of the visit was to hold a FOCUS group, or debate workshop.
The purpose of this workshop is to give a voice to these people with functional diversity and draw results and conclusions. This will seek to extract useful capabilities and skills, to be included in training courses. The objective of these courses will be to instruct tourism and hotel operators so that they know how to adjust to the needs of this sector.
In Europe, 5% of the population has a disability certificate. However, data provided by Inmaculada Placencia, deputy head of the Disability Rights Unit of the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Mobility Work of the European Commission, indicates that 25% of Europeans consider who have reduced capabilities when it comes to carrying out various tasks.
During the debate workshop, the FRATER members who participated spoke about the problems that traveling can pose for someone with reduced mobility. Obstacles that begin when choosing a destination, due to architectural barriers; They continue when they are going to take a means of transport to get there, for example, on planes they only allow two people in wheelchairs to board; and continue also during your stay in the accommodation.
Members of EuroFUE-UJI at the end of the FOCUS group
The EuroFUE-UJI team ended the day by sending a message to the participants in the debate, assuring that together with their European partners, they will continue working to achieve greater accessible tourism.
