SEE DO EAT STAY TRAVEL SHOP Home About us Contact Press Make money by being available! 2013-09-25 Today, there are 1.8 million people in Sweden who live with some form of disability. By increasing the knowledge of the hospitality industry about how they can get more visitors with an accessibility-adapted tourism business, Destination Skellefteå and Skellefteå municipality, want to make it easier to choose Skellefteå in the future - for everyone. - We want Skellefteå to include as many people as possible, says Jan Palm at Destination Skellefteå. Because the more accessible you are, the more you have to earn. Accessibility is a complex concept. Whether something is available or not is defined based on the individual's disability. Therefore, step one in an accessibility adjustment of the hospitality industry in Skellefteå is to make relevant information more easily accessible to the people who need it. K ommer it into the bathroom with a wheelchair? Are there aids for the visually impaired? - Being accessible means that it must be easy for a person with a disability to find the conditions that apply at the facility. Then it is up to the individual himself to assess whether it works for him or not, says Christina Nyberg, accessibility advisor at Skellefteå municipality. It is thus not the facilities themselves that decide whether the activity is available or not, but the visitor. Nu tar Skellefteå ett första steg i att bli bästa kommun på att marknadsföra tillgänglighet. Den 26:e september kommer nämligen Magnus Berglund, Scandic Hotels tillgänglighetsambassadör och Tommy Hagström från Funka Nu AB till Skellefteå. Meningen är att de ska inspirera Skellefteås besöksnäring till att öka sin omsättning genom att vara mer tillgänglig. Utan att det behöver kräva stora investeringar. – Oberoende om det gäller familjen, kompisgänget eller konferensen kan en bra och väl presenterad tillgänglighet vara skillnaden mellan en lyckad affär och utebliven bokning, avslutar Jan. För mer information: Jan Palm Destination Skellefteå 070 - 632 49 00 jan@destinationskelleftea.se Christina Nyberg Accessibility advisor Social Development, Skellefteå municipality christina.nyberg@skelleftea.se Customer service: 0910 - 73 50 00 PRESS There are no press releases in english ARTICLES Latitudeslife - Eagle man (it) Plein Air (it) Natural house (it) Lonely Planet (esp) The travel photographer (esp) The nearest road (esp) Presence of the point (esp) Laponia Sueca - El sol que no duerme (esp) A journey to the end of the world Through the white wilderness of the north (de) Older NEWS There are no news in english MENU About us Members Press Destination Skellefteå AB Contact Meeting Planner Events in Skellefteå DOWNLOADS Our fishing waters Discover Skellefteå Skellefteå im sommer (De) Map - Region Map - City Skellefteå in Winter PRESS There are no press releases in ... Latitudeslife - Eagle man (it) Plein Air (it) Natural house (it) Lonely Planet (esp) The travel photographer (esp) The nearest road (esp) Presence of the point (esp) QUICK LINKS Sitemap About us Events Skellefteå Airport Meeting Planner Shopping Contact us CONTACT US Destination Skellefteå AB Nygatan 49, 931 31 Skellefteå. Tfn 0910-45 25 00 Contact persons »