The final event of the Interreg Italy-Slovenia 2021-27 project "DATIS - Digital Frontiers for Inclusive Tourism: Improving Digital Accessibility and Social Inclusion in Tourism for Persons with Disabilities and Seniors in the Italy-Slovenia Cross-Border Region" will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the Grand Hotel Entourage in Gorizia.

The project involved a partnership of the Beletrina University Publishing House of Ljubljana, acting as lead partner; the Nova Gorica and Vipava Valley Tourist Agency; Promoturismo FVG; the Il Mosaico Consortium; the Slovenian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired; and the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Trieste, with Moreno Zago, professor of Responsible Tourism Practices, as scientific advisor. The project also included the municipalities of Sagrado and Aidussina as associate partners.

The event, titled "Accessible Tourism Starts with Accessible Information", will present the main findings of the DATIS project, including research on the needs and experiences of people with disabilities in tourism, analyses of digital and physical accessibility, the DATIS Strategy for Accessible Tourism, guidelines for more accessible tourism communication, and the DATIS web database. It will also open a discussion on the importance of digital accessibility for inclusive tourism in the cross-border area of ​​the two countries.

A key part of the event will be dedicated to stakeholder dialogue on the co-creation of accessible tourism. People with disabilities, associations, researchers, tourism organizations, and project partners will discuss the experiences of the DATIS pilot activities conducted at the Monte San Michele Museum and the Ajdovščina Industrial Heritage Museum, the needs identified during the project, and possible next steps to improve accessible tourism in practice.

The event aims to emphasize that accessible tourism begins with accessible, understandable, and reliable information, and that lasting progress requires cooperation among all relevant stakeholders.

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The organizers will ensure an accessible event. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Italian and Slovenian, and sign language interpretation will also be available.