Training Webinar for Tourism Providers: How to Develop Accessible Tourism in Rural and Natural Areas, Monday 20 June 2022

ENAT – the European Network of Accessible Tourism – is pleased to invite you to this online webinar with a focus on “How to develop Accessible Tourism in rural and natural areas”.

This is an open webinar for Tourism Service providers, (owners, managers and staff), Destination Managers, Vocational Education and Training providers - and all who have an interest in delivering accessible tourism in the countryside.

Places are limited to 30 persons. The Webinar will be in English. The event will be recorded for later publication on YouTube. (Participants can remain invisible by leaving the video camera switched off but your name or initials may be shown). 

Date: Monday 20th June 2022, from 09.30 to 12:00 CEST (Brussels time)

Watch the video on YouTube. 2 hours 42 Minutes

What you will learn

This webinar will share some of the results of the Access IT project, with new insights, training tools and suggestions for delivering services for visitors with access requirements in Natural and Rural Areas.

The emphasis is on “How to…” make your services accessible.

We will introduce and discuss:
•    How to assess accessibility of a tourism product/service
•    How to address the requirements of the target customer segments
•    How to develop a truly accessible tourism offer and meet demand
•    How to bring to market and promote an accessible product
•    How to involve stakeholders in the development of accessible products.  

Before the online training, we encourage you to:
•    Get acquainted with the ACCESS IT project website: ACCESS IT Website
•    View and “test” the Accessibility Benchmarking webtool - https://webtool.accessitpro.eu/
•    Watch our 12 ACCESS IT short training videos:  https://tinyurl.com/accessit12videos
     The videos are available with English, Polish, Spanish, Italian and Bulgarian subtitles. You may switch the subtitles into the desired language. 

The Webinar introduces these business tools and you will have the chance to discuss them.
We look forward to your feedback on these materials. You can also add your comments on the videos at the YouTube page. Use the Evaluation Form link.

ENAT Team

Programme

09.30 Welcome by Ivor Ambrose, ENAT on behalf of SAN University. Project Coordinator

09.40 What is Accessible Tourism? Why accessibility matters to your business?
Anna Grazia Laura

Questions and Answers

10.00 ACCESS IT “How to guides” – short introductions and videos

• How to address the requirements of the target customer segments - Katerina Papamichail
• How to assess accessibility of a tourism product/service - Katerina Papamichail
• How to develop a truly accessible tourism offer and meet demand - Małgorzata Tokarska
• How to bring to market and promote an accessible product - Ivor Ambrose

Questions and Answers

10.50 Break

11.00 ACCESS IT benchmarking tool: How accessible is your business?
Ivor Ambrose

11.30 How to involve stakeholders in the development of accessible products.
ENAT Team – Panel

Questions and Answers

11.50 Conclusions and close
Ivor Ambrose

Slide presentations in PDF format are available in the Downloads section.

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The ACCESS IT project was funded by the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the authors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein