The Calp City Council, through the Department of Tourism Planning, has launched a series of free online workshops so that local tourism companies and agents can receive training in tourist accessibility. The aim of the Calp council is to continue advancing in its commitment to becoming an inclusive tourist destination.
This action is part of a broader project to consolidate inclusive tourism included in the Plan for Sustainable Tourism in Destination (PSTD) which has the support of the Department of Tourism of the Valencian Community – Turisme Comunitat Valenciana – and the Secretary of State for Tourism within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) financed by the European Union – Next Generation.
Four workshops have been organised: how to improve the accessibility of tourist accommodation, how to improve the accessibility of a bar or restaurant, how to make a museum accessible and how to create inclusive tourist experiences.
Each course consists of several sessions consisting of short video classes (between 10 and 30 minutes) in which the teachers explain the specific subject with real examples so that the content can be understood in a simple and practical way.
Interested people can sign up for the courses they want based on their interests and will be able to view them as many times as they want for a period of 30 days. The deadline for registration is February 28.
Within the project to consolidate inclusive tourism provided for in the Sustainable Tourism Plan for Destinations, other actions have been planned, such as awareness campaigns aimed at citizens on the importance of the town being an accessible tourist destination adapted to people with all types of functional diversity. On the other hand, dissemination campaigns will be launched in online and offline media, both general and tourist, as well as in municipal social networks, in order to publicize the town as an accessible holiday destination.
Through the project to consolidate inclusive tourism included in the Plan for Sustainable Tourism in Destinations, the Calp City Council has already put out to tender the acquisition of adapted vehicles and equipment in order to allow people with some type of functional diversity to improve their experience when visiting the municipality. And within this same project, the installation of an elevator in the Museu de la Senyoreta is planned in the near future, among other actions.
