The Departmental Tourism Committee and the Cultural Network are committed to developing the Tourism and Disability national label in the Pyrénées-Orientales!

Since 1997, the Secretary of the State for Tourism has focused its approach on raising awareness and encouraging people involved in the tourist sector to ensure that the disabled and accessibility are not overlooked.

In order to meet the requests of this specific clientele, the Tourism and Disability label was created in 2001.
It aims to provide reliable and objective information about the accessibility of the tourist sites and facilities taking into account each type of disability: hearing, mental, physical and visual.
It must also make it possible to raise awareness and ensure the ongoing commitment of tourism professionals (hoteliers, restaurateurs, property owners, camp sites, museums, recreational or sports facilities...) to an approach based on welcoming, ensuring accessibility and information for disabled customers.

In the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Tourism Departmental Committee, the executive branch of the General Council, has volunteered to be the local contact for setting up this national label.
Six people have completed a specific training course for the facilities assessment phase: 3 members from the Tourism Departmental Committee and 3 members of disabled associations.

Other structures are currently being labelled, particularly the cultural sites belonging to the Terre Catalane Cultural Network and the General Council.

In fact, since autumn 2001, the Cultural Network, in conjunction with the Cemaforre association, has set up a full range of tourist aids for the visually impaired.
Thirteen sites that cover a wide range of themes and also provide an interactive and recreational opportunity for discovery: tour booklets in Braille and large print, educational briefcases and touch models.

Onsite assessment by a disabled person and 2 members of the CDT quality department at the Hotel Club des Albères at Argelès-sur-Mer.

Send the application to the Quality Department of the Tourism Departmental Committee which will send you a self-assessment questionnaire to:
Comité Départemental du Tourisme des Pyrénées-Orientales
16 avenue des Palmiers
BP 80540
66005 Perpignan cedex
Tel. 33 (0)4 68 51 52 76

Once it is received, the assessors will organise an inspection date and will visit the premises and use very specific specification to check the existing facilities or the ones to be implemented.

Your file will then be submitted to the Department then Regional Commission before it is finally validated by the National Association of Tourism and the Disabled at Paris.