Disabled people in tourism
Strategy for the disabled people 2010 -2012
• Enable accessibility and informational support for hearing and vision impaired people in medical institutions
Activities:a) remove architectural barriers in health care facilitiesb) installing of line guiding for blind persons in health institutionsc) establish a communication system for deaf persons in health institutions (light signals)
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Improve the accessibility of all public institutions, facilities and public areas:
Activities:a) Improve accessibility to buildings for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobilityb) improve the accessibility of public areasc) build a public sanitation facility, accessible and adapted for persons with disabilities in the central part of town
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Introduce public transport of people with disabilities in the City of Koprivnica
Activities:a) establish a taxi service for persons with disabilitiesb) co-finance the costs of public transport for people with disabilities
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Provide communications support to people with disabilities
Activities:a) further installment of traffic light sounds in the central part of townb) further marking of tactile trails for blind and visually impaired people in the central part of town
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• Encourage the application of "universal design“
Activities:a) educate competent professionals and people with disabilities of the concept and application of universal design (design of products, environments, programs and services to be usable by all people to their fullest extent without the need for adaptation or specialized design)
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Things already achieved:Transportation of disabled people
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Cooperation of Association of disabled people and Taxi service “Sunce Koprivnice” – co-financed from the town budget
Adapted public buildings and spaces
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Movie theatre Velebit – partially adapted
access for the disabled people and tactile access to the building of Police Department which leads to the first pedestrian crossing
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City museum – partially adapted
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• Elementary school
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Musem
Head phones for hearing-impared persons
City library Fran Galović – fully adapted
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European Mobility Week Koprivnica awarded with the European Mobility Week Award 2008
‘Streets for People’
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City library Fran Galović: CARDS 2002 project - forming of a special collection of library materials (audio
books on CDs and audio cassettes, tactile picture books, tactile toys, books for the blind, books in Braille, enlarged print books)
- purchase of special equipment - aids for the blind (PC with additional equipment, Braille printer, electronic magnifier, MP3 players for use of audio books in the library, the conveyor transport device for people with multiple disabilities, or people with moving disabilities).
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Reading materials and IT equipment are not enough to keep service sustainable
Networking - Cooperation with numerous partners and Associations on local and national level is a key to keep service sustainable
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Train and bus station
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Traffic light sounds
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at the following intersections: Hrvatskih branitelja-Ivana Meštrovića; Ivanjska-Gornji Banovec; Marofska-Frana Galovića; Marofska-Trg bana Josipa Jelačića; Trg bana Josipa Jelačića-Zrinski trg; Miklinovec-Braće Radića
Sport and recreation
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Swimming pool complex Cerine
Exercises in the water for the blind
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Tennis club Koprivnica
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Football stadium
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Buildings not adaptedfor the disabled:
City Gallery
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Motel Bijela Kuća
Restaurant Podravska klet
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City guide for disabled where one can find a list of accessible and inaccessible buildings and places in Koprivnica as well as all other information important for the disabled
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Program “Tourism without barriers”financed by the Croatian Ministry of tourism
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Hotels and tourist resorts adapted for the disabled people
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Beaches for dissabled people
Beach Kostanj in Rijeka was the first of that kind in Croatia
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Hiking route in Omiš for the disabled
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How to make disabled people to be socially included (in tourism)?
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