Let's learn and work on it Mental Barrier Free Certification System Promotion Seminar Manabou/Torikumo Kokoro no Barrier Free Ninteiseido Sokushin Seminar

Date: Friday, September 29, 2023 13:30-15:00

Continuing from last year, Ise Shima Barrier-Free Tour Center has been entrusted with the ``Mie Prefecture Barrier-Free Tourism Promotion Project'' in 2025, and is working to promote the Japan Tourism Agency's ``Mental Barrier-Free Certification System for Tourist Facilities.'' .
The number of certified cases in Mie Prefecture is 5 as of September 2020, and has increased to more than 50 as of July 2020, but the total number of certified cases nationwide is 928, so it is still widespread. I feel that there is a need for
Therefore, the Ise-Shima Barrier-Free Tour Center will be holding a seminar to raise awareness of the "Mental Barrier-Free Certification System" and to help you apply!

Lecture: “Know, notice, and care” barrier-free hospitality of the heart♡
Fukushima City Barrier-Free Tour Center Director Yukari Sato
Guidance: Mental barrier-free certification system for tourist facilities
Ise Shima Barrier Free Tour Center

[Notable points of the seminar]
Yukari Sato, director of the Fukushima City Barrier-Free Tour Center, who will be giving the first half of the 60-minute lecture, is a wheelchair user, but she has listened to the voices of people with various disabilities, including visual and hearing impairments and developmental disabilities. I did. As a spokesperson for these people, I will be speaking on the theme of "knowing, being aware, and caring."
In addition, the second half of the session was for 30 minutes as guidance, with explanations about the system and applications. We will also announce barrier-free hospitality training that will be held at three locations in the prefecture from October onwards.
[From Ise Shima Barrier Free Tour Center]
Aiming to be a facility that all people who are worried about traveling can use with peace of mind has become an essential element in terms of improving services and creating business opportunities. You can start working on it right away by using ingenuity that matches the scale of your facility and your customer base.
Being certified under the ``Mental Barrier-Free Certification System for Tourist Facilities'' is one of the criteria for being selected as a facility that understands ``barrier-free hospitality,'' and we believe this will lead to business opportunities. , I would like you to take up the challenge.

[What is the Japan Tourism Agency's "Mental Barrier-Free Certification System for Tourist Facilities (Established in December 2020)"]
A certification system for tourist facilities that actively strive to provide barrier-free accommodation and disseminate barrier-free information.
The criteria for certification is not the presence or absence of facilities such as wheelchair-accessible toilets or barrier-free rooms, but rather intangible initiatives such as wheelchair rentals and accommodations for the visually impaired and hearing impaired.
Certification target: Accommodations, restaurants, tourist information centers, museums