“Tourism for All and Sizobile: Cooperation and coordination

On June 2, 2017, the team of the “Tourism for All in Lebanon Project” held a meeting with the management of Sizobile, with the aim of introducing the project and agreeing on a cooperation and coordination mechanism to target people with disabilities in the organization.

In the meeting, which was attended by General Manager Fadia Safi and Training Officer Leila Zgibonelli, and project colleagues Silvana Lakkis and Nada Elazir, Cesobel’s management was introduced to the activities of the Lebanese Wheelchair Union and the project, as well as its main milestones and the mechanism of work in the regions. The project includes a mini-hotel, where people with disabilities are trained in hotel management, tourism service training, and attracting customers through two marketing companies.

Sizobel expressed its willingness to cooperate and coordinate with the Federation to benefit the youth in the organization from the services of the project, as well as to partner and coordinate to provide a number of small projects for a group of people with disabilities in Jbeil city. A number of tourism activities were proposed.