Implementing suitable accessibility benefits everyone and above all the comfort of all: families with small children (strollers), families with grandparents, one member of a family accidentally injured (leg or arm in a cast, post-operation…).
No need for major work or to be a disability specialist, a few details can make all the difference without incurring considerable expenses.
What is an establishment marked Tourism & Handicap
The Tourisme & Handicap brand has defined accessibility and reception criteria to guarantee tourism for all in the greatest possible autonomy. It takes into account, in particular, easy access to the buildings and services of the establishment. It is also attentive to the personalized welcome reserved for tourists in terms of attention and kindness.
A certified establishment, therefore meeting these criteria, is subject to regular monitoring by trained and specialized evaluators.
6 good reasons to be labeled
Reason n ° 1 : Attract new customers by offering a guarantee to disabled tourists
Reason n ° 2 : Gain a competitive advantage nationally, Europeanly and internationally
Reason n ° 3 : Promote your service on your communication media thanks to the presence of the label on them. The presence of the Tourism and Handicap label on your communication media promotes your services to disabled tourists and positions you as a player in welcoming the disabled public. It attracts the attention not only of people with disabilities, but also of people sensitive to this cause.
Reason n ° 4 : Recognition of the reliability and quality of your site. For tourists with disabilities, the presence of the Tourisme et Handicap label guarantees an efficient and adapted welcome, making your site a reliable and quality site.
Reason n ° 5 : Fulfill a societal and managerial commitment. Being labeled Tourism and Disability allows the tourist site to be perceived as a social actor invested with a mission towards people with disabilities and fulfilling a societal commitment in a concrete way. According to a Mediaprism study, the societal commitment of companies represents a lever of motivation among employees: 56% of them say that it boosts their motivation and 59% think that it creates momentum. Being labeled Tourism and Disability would then be a real management tool.
Reason n°6: Benefit from support from professionals in the accessibility of your site. After sending a request for certification, the company receives a self-assessment questionnaire which allows it to take stock of the accessibility of equipment for different types of disabilities. If the self-assessment is unfavorable, the company can decide to adapt the tourist site. This adaptation can take place with the support of competent services or specialized associations.
The Châtellerault tourist information office, labeled Tourism and Handicap, has a place in front of the Tourist Office reserved for people with disabilities.
The State Tourism and Handicap brand is a response to the demand of people with disabilities who want to be able to choose their vacations and leisure activities in complete freedom. For a disabled tourist, the State Tourism and Handicap brand constitutes proof of concrete commitment as well as the guarantee of an efficient and adapted welcome. It rewards the efforts of tourism professionals in terms of accessibility and welcoming specific clienteles.
The logo, affixed at the entrance to tourist sites, establishments and facilities and on all documents, provides disabled people with reliable, homogeneous and objective information on their accessibility depending on their disability (hearing, mental, motor, visual) thanks to four pictograms. .
Everyone should have the choice of their vacation and the program of activities without having to eliminate a quarter of the possibilities due to inaccessibility. It is with this objective that the association Tourism & Disability label has set up a national label which develops tourism offers adapted to people with disabilities.
The label Tourism & Disability label allows people with disabilities to evaluate the accessibility of a site or tourist facility based on 4 disabilities represented by pictograms.
