Tourism for All “Best Practices for Inclusive Tourism”

The Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities (formerly the Lebanese Wheelchair Union) won an international award where its model project “Tourism for All” was categorized as one of the best practices for inclusive tourism, funded by the European Union within the AFKAR3 project and managed by the Ministry of Administrative Development and in partnership with the European Network for Inclusive Tourism, and in a local strategic partnership with each of the following entities: Municipalities of Tyre, Baalbek, Jbeil and the Chouf Cedars Reserve, in addition to a wide range of active economic bodies such as the Federation of Tourism Unions in Lebanon, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Association of Industrialists, the Civil Impact Forum.

In addition to the political support from ministries and concerned authorities such as tourism, transport, social affairs, the Directorate of Antiquities, local community associations and institutions, and international organizations. Among the most prominent pioneers of the model experience, a base for the disability movement in Lebanon, led by a young youth with a specialized work team and many volunteers who worked to develop this pioneering experience.