Funding to help those with limited mobility to take a holiday
Flanders’ tourism ministry has provided nearly €135,000 to project that remove the barriers to people wanting to go on holiday but being held back by a disability or illness
Everyone deserves a holiday
Under the initiative dubbed Everyone Deserves a Holiday, Weyts has already invested more than €2 million in specific projects, such as making holiday resorts more family-friendly and improving youth camp facilities. The new funding is earmarked for improving infrastructure and providing care for people who are sick or disabled.
Some €19,000, for instance, is being spent to make 20 holiday lodgings more autism friendly. That means making the atmosphere as stress-free as possible and adjusting communications strategies. More than €20,000 will go to creating an educational packet to help guides learn how to address people with a developmental disability.
Another €21,000 will go to organising holidays for people who have cancer or a terminal illness. “It’s about investing in initiatives that aren’t about profit,” said Weyts. “We provide financial support so that the tourism industry is encouraged to make these investments. Then we can offer more people with a certain limitation a fun holiday in their own country.”
