TRAINING COURSES ON ACCESSIBLE TOURISM.

The Royal Board on Disability (Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad) with the collaboration of Polibea Turismo has organized Accessible Tourism Training Courses that will be given at Spanish Tourism Colleges....

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 ADAPTIVE FISHING. ARAGON.

Several accessibility upgrading works have been carried out in the dams of Valdabra (Huesca) and San Bartolomé (Zaragoza): PMR accessible paths and fishing platforms have been built....

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 THE MUSEU MARITIM OF BARCELONA.

The Museu Marítim of Barcelona has launched "signoguías": PDA devices which, through videos in sign language make it easier to deaf and hearing impaired visitors to enjoy the contents of this museum....

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 NEW CENTRE OF OBRA SOCIAL LA CAIXA.

The new centre of Obra Social "la Caixa" in Madrid has been conceived as an accessible sociocultural centre. The impressive building, a former electric power station rehabilitated, is exhibitng "Chaplin in images" until October 19th....

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ETERNAL ACCESSIBLE SPRING. CANARY ISLANDS.

Some of the so many topics about the Canary Islands are: "The Fortunate Islands", "eternal spring", "sun insurance", "the best climate in the world". A perfect destination for those in search of sun all year round!....

 

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 GUEST WRITER
   Joni Huopana: a traveller
   Joni Huopana
   Finlandia
   www.jonihuopana.com

I think that an ideal solution would be that the person in charge of accessibility issues would be a disabled person himself. Of course, this is not easily possible. However, what can be done is giving information and having interaction with architects and interior designers....

 

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NEWS IN BRIEF

" IBIZA. MORE ACCESSIBLE BEACHES."

" VIGO. ACCESSIBLE PIERS IN A LAXE. "

" ACCESSIBLE TOURIST BUS. ALICANTE."