The Town Hall has launched an ambitious plan to convert the municipality in a reference for the disabled people's tourist offer
The Mayor of Calvià, Carlos Delgado, presented, together with the General Director for Tourism, Jaime Martínez; the Sport for Disabled Department Manager, Rafael Winckelmann and the municipal spokesman, Manuel Onieva, the Calvià's Accessible Tourism Plan, an ambitious, innovative and pioneer measure on the Balearic Islands which comes up to improve and diversify the tourist offer in Calvià, in the research of new ways to alleviate the tourist seasonal standstill and to stimulate the sector.
The Accessible Tourism Plan, which aim is to convert the municipality in a reference for the disabled people's tourist offer, rotates three main worklines: the creation of a new accessible tourism offer; its promotion and the municipal plan for the universal accessibility and the elimination of barriers which includes developments in public and private spheres.
Calvià's aim is to offer a destination to everybody , with no distinction and /or exclusion, and therefore making possible the consecution of a real tourism for everybody at the same time the market quota increases, alleviates the tourist seasonal standstill and stimulates the sector, main municipal economic driving force.
The accessible tourism permits to the 40% of the world's popullation, have total rights and which on the contrary, these tourists would not have. Therefore, offer this group, which represents the 9% of the Spanish popullation and the 10% of the European popullation; beaches, sport facilities, tourist routes also in the Galatzó Estate and totally adapted walks; improve the tourists and residents accessibility to all buildings and public open areas.Both, the Town Hall's adhesion to the (ENAT), European Network for Accessible Tourism and the edition, next year, of a new accessible tourist guide, which will catalogue the requesting establishments, depending on the level of accessibility, are complemented within the tourist promotion, which Calvià Town Hall offers, also attending to the sector fairs, as main Plan working lines.
To consult all Calvià Town Hall's, Accessible Tourism Plan, approved developments, press here.