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There’s a birthday party this year!
We're having a birthday this year, you know that? In September we are already organizing the 5th Barrier-free Tourism Day! We have already started preparing, and we will keep you informed, Just wach and follow us on our Facebook page for breaking...
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Information from the organising committee
Organisation has started. Here you can see a brief summary of the organizing committee meeting held on 22 February, on the Day of Hungarian Parasport. In the video we speak Hungarian. Ideas and supporters are welcome!...
First meeting of the organising committee – supporters welcome
On the Day of Hungarian Parasport on 22.02.2021, the organizing committee held its first meeting at the Medvehagyma House in Orfű. Online our volunteers had the opportunity to comment on last year's evaluation and the basic ideas for this year's event. What is already...
Well, let’s get this party started!
Well, we're going to start organizing the 5th - Birthday -Barrier free Tourism Day! On 22. February, on the occasion of the Hungarian Parasport Day, organizers will come together at the Medvehagyma House in Orfű, where we will talk about what we experienced last year...
There’s a birthday party this year!
We're having a birthday this year, you know that? In September we are already organizing the 5th Barrier-free Tourism Day! We have already started preparing, and we will keep you informed, Just wach and follow us on our Facebook page for breaking...
We have published a book on accessible tourism
The Peer-AcT international project has published a collection of studies entitled "Opportunities and challenges of barrier-free tourism in Hungary". The studies can be read in English and German about the results and recommendations of the professional workshop held...
3. December: World Disability Day. Check out our video flashmob!
Today is World Disability Day!On this occasion please welcome our attention-raising video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScpxDvJ-OyI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1aOkZ-id4bK5vvACYf1O12ZKwBeERHjhIKwPY6S8zaUXkpfIWdxJ0CJnQ Allow us two thoughts: - our aim was to...
Alibi – the inclusive play at the festival
For the first time we prepared a play for the IV. Barrier-free Tourism Day. The play was special in many ways, as it was inclusive, i.e. it was written, directed and performed together by disabled and able bodied people. The subject was also special, its...
PARKING LOTS, TOILETS, FOOT MAP, SOUND MAP!
Here you can see where you can park on 5th September on the IV. Barrier-free Tourism Day. Accessible toilets are also indicated. You can also see the loud and quieter locations, and where the ground gets more problematic and where it gets easy.
How to help and how not to..
Our peers with different disabilities have summed up in a short but enjoyable way how to help and not help a person with a disability. Read and spread to as many people as possible, very useful information! for a physically disabled The most important is not to do...
Bendegúz the globetrotter in wheelchair
One of our most exciting programs this year will be the podium discussion with Lóránd Bendegúz Nagy, the globetrotter in wheelchair. Lóránd has been to more than 100 countries, even if they are not accessible at all! On the talk...
Peer-counselor training in accessible tourism
We held a 'Peer-counselor in accessible tourism' 2-day online and 3-day personal training in our Peer-AcT international project for 10 people with disabilities in the days in Pécs. Participants can work as consultants by tourism organisations, decision-makers,...
International survey on travel habits of people with disabilities
As part of our Erasmus+ Peer-AcT project, the University Pécs Faculty of Economics Institute of Marketing and Tourism (dr. Tibor Gonda and dr. Zoltán Raffay) in 5 countries carried out an international questionnaire survey of the specific needs, expectations and...
Event Programs
EXPERIENCE PROGRAMSThese programmes provide experiences primarily for people with disabilities, that they do not at all otherwise or difficult to experience. You'll get all the help you need here!den segítséget megkapsz! kite boating - kayaking pier in front of sports...
Inclusive play, now for the first time!
For the first time this year, we're preparing a play for you in the IV. Barrier-free Tourism Day! People with disabilities and able bodied are performing their own piece on quarantine-time. The team is very motivated, they rehearse weekly at the Malom és Műhelyház...
Preparation of volunteers has begun for the big day!
Dear Volunteers, last year formed a very well-functioning team of volunteers of Barrier-free Tourism Day. We would love to have the team together again this year, but we are also looking forward to the application of new volunteers! This year we would like to work...
This year the event is supported by ECK – “Strengthening of Civil Communities”
If we have already introduced our main patron Zsolt Vereczkei, get to know our main sponsor, the ECK - "Strengthening of Civil Communities". You can read more about them here: https://www.eckpecs.hu/
Our main patron is Zsolt Vereczkei paralympian!
This year's event also has a MAIN PATRON! Not just anyone, Zsolt Vereczkei, a three-time Para-Olympic Champion swimmer will help, support and promote our festival!
Information for tourism stakeholders
We also held an exciting briefing on accessible tourism in our workshop on Tuesday, 16th of June for tourism stakeholders and decision-makers. A large number of interested parties have heard from Veronika Pataki about the international Peer-AcT Erasmus+ project in 5...
We had a program planning workshop
On 15-17th of June we held a workshop in Orfű/Tekeresen at the Natura Pension, where together we and our partners with disabilities decided together on the specific programmes of this year's Barrier-free Tourism Day. We would like to develop this year's programme with...
WHY campaign 11th: WHY don’t all deaf people use the same sign language?
Did you know that the sign languages used by people with hearing loss in England, Germany or Hungary are all different? In other words, deaf people in Japan, Hungary, Finnland, or the US use different signs. In addition, there is an international sign language, called...
WHY campaign 10th: WHY are „Quiet Hours” a good thing?
The so called „quiet hours”, better known as Autism Hours is a movement, to provide autism-friendly shopping experience and promotes the acceptance of autistics. There are also more and more autism-friendly events arranged, like concerts, theater performances,...
WHY campaign 9th: WHY can assistance dogs go EVERYWHERE?
Did you know, that assistance dogs can diverse, they not only guide visually impaired people? They can also help for mobility-impaired in everyday life, indicate sound for hearing impaired, indicate epileptic or other seizures, but it exist personal assistant dog to...
WHY campaign 8th: WHY has Braille writing still a reason to exist?
Many people know about Braille writing, that it is a writing system consisting of point combinations, and it can be read by touch by visually impaired people. It was developed by Louis Braille, based on 6 points just like the dice. But it is probably not known that...
WHY campaign 7th: WHY you need to talk to a hearing impaired frontwise?
We don’t know which ear can hear, how can hear, even if can hear the hearing impaired person, so talk to him/her always frontwise. Maybe touch him/her gently (!) and wait for eye contact. Don’t turn away later, keep the eye contact, moreover it is easier for...
WHY campaign 6th: WHY don’t you talk instead?
Do you remember when we were a child and the doctor discussed with our parents first how ill we are, what our symptoms are? As an adult, wouldn’t a similar scenario hurt bother or even annoy us? Unfortunately disabled people still face distinction like that. The...
WHY campaing 5th: WHY do disabled people use straws?
It might be strange that we support straws when every respectable restaurant is withdrawing those environment damaging tubes. Even though they are necessary for most disabled people so because of being barrier-free some cafés will have to keep some in their inventory...
WHY campaign 4: Why do people in wheelchairs go on the roads instead of the pavement?!
Able bodied people walk on them easily. They only get bothered by a wall-mounted car or by the pavement being torn up. The sidewalk for people in wheelchairs though is a real obstacle course. Getting on the footway in the city centres is easier because of the recessed...
WHY campaign 3: WHY are the barrier-free hotel rooms different?
Because in wheelchair sitting we need a bit different accommodations: higher bed as the average (58-60 cm) which is a level in the wheelchair that allows of lifting somebody. The room door is wider, there is no threshold and carpet. The room is so big that the car can...
WHY campaign 2: WHY are there blind guide lanes?
Have you ever seen “something” during your city walks, in public institutions or somewhere else, that stands out on the floor and has a different colour? So this is the blind guide lane, that makes access easier for blind people. The right blind guide lanes are...
WHY campaign 1: WHY is a disabled parking spot so wide?
Disability vehicles are often larger by design, as wheelchairs have to fit in them. The size of the front passenger door and how wide it can be opened is a crucial aspect: the wider the door opens the easier it is to roll close to the car and get into the front...
Workshop in Orfű
A workshop will be held on 15-17 of June in Orfű/Tekeres in the Natura Pension, where together with our partners with disabilities we will decide on the specific programmes of this year's Barrier-free Tourism Day. We would like to develop this year's programme with a...
Organizing committee meeting
The organizing committee met on 29 May 2020. and decided how to start to organize again after the epidemic the IV. Barrier-free Tourism Day. We're going to announce that we plan to have the big day on September 5th!Our website will be launched in a few days and you...