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Cartagena leads the vote, with 9,200 votes, to be chosen as the Best Accessible Tourism Destination 2018 in Spain, followed very closely by Benidorm with 8,350.
The selection process began on Monday, October 8 and will end this Sunday, October 21.
The city was already selected as the most accessible in the Region, prevailing Murcia, Aguilas and Caravaca de la Cruz.
On this occasion will face in the final to the other 15 Spanish municipalities that did the same in their communities.
The national election of the Accessible Tourism Destination 2018 is a recognition that will reach this year its fifth edition and that promotes national Thyssenkrup company.
The localities that are participating have had to meet some minimum requirements, such as having demonstrated that they are developing concrete actions in at least one of the three accessibility plans (building, transport and urban planning).
In addition, at least have an accessible route, showing the most emblematic places of the town and designed to be traveled by anyone, regardless of the driving conditions, as well as with catering and accessible catering.
In the candidacy of Cartagena have weighed, in addition to the progressive elimination of its architectural barriers, the municipal initiatives put in place to provide Cartagena with an ordinance already approved on universal accessibility and projects so that people with both physical and cognitive disabilities can Enjoy the attractions and tourist resources of the city and its beaches.
In this regard it is worth mentioning the European project developed by the Local Development and Employment Agency (ADLE) called Friendly Beach to ensure that hotel establishments in the municipality reach a universal accessibility level: as well as the one promoted by the SOI Foundation with the Department of Services Social to achieve the cognitive accessibility of seven hotels in the city.
It is also the accessibility of the different centers of Cartagena, Ports of Cultures, and the information offered on its website, fully adapted.
The other 15 municipalities that choose to obtain this recognition are: Carmona for Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla;
Ferrol for Galicia;
Malpartida de Cáceres for Extremadura;
Benidorm by the Valencian Community;
Pamplona for Navarre;
Gijón for Asturias;
Haro for La Rioja;
Calatayut by Aragón;
Barcelona for Catalonia;
San Sebastián for the Basque Country;
Arnuero for Cantabria;
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria by Balearic and Canary Islands;
Guadalajara by Castilla La Mancha;
Ávila for Castilla León and Aranjuez for the Community of Madrid.
Last Monday, October 8, the final voting phase began among the winning accessible tourist municipalities for each autonomous community.
You can vote in Cartagena until October 21, in Final Voting Accessible Tourism Destination 2018.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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