Traveling With Disabilities - Numbers and Investments at TTG Travel & Hospitality in Rimini

An important speech by Minister Massimo Garavaglia was held at TTG Travel & Hospitality in Rimini, who announced the arrival of a 2 billion euro decree (4 with the leverage effect) of non-repayable tax credit intended for the restructuring of accommodation facilities for full accessibility to people with disabilities. In addition to being an important ethical issue, people with disabilities and over 65 represent a pool of 127 million tourists in Europe, of which 10 million in Italy and a potential turnover of 800 billion a year.

But despite being an important slice of tourists, in Europe, only 9% of the structures are really accessible to the disabled. Often the bathroom equipped for these people is there, but either it is full of brooms and buckets or it is used as a warehouse to the point of being unusable. Minister Garavaglia, interviewed, said: "It is a problem that affects us all, even if we are not disabled. In fact it will affect us if, as we all hope, we get old and die as late as possible". Garavaglia is also addressing the problem together with Minister Erika Stefani. Of the 100 million of the Inclusion Fund, in fact, 30 million will be dedicated to accessible tourism

We cannot think that accessible tourism is just a bathroom in accordance with the law, but it is the entire network that must be organized, structured to accommodate people with "special" needs, making them feel above all at ease, but also allowing them to live in full their vacation.