Context

Tourism is a primary necessity for all but it is also a very strong form of exclusion for people with specific needs because the tourism system:

1. is not adequate to the demand of tourists with disabilities.
2. doesn't consider the economic opportunities involved in welcoming such a target.
3. doesn't have the necessary skills to design adequate products.

From the point of view of getting a specialization in this field, we find, in Italy as well as in other countries of the European Union, a system of mainstreaming training organizations (Institutes for tourism, graduation courses and masters on tourism) not prepared to:

1. train students and professionals to the issues of a tourism system enlarged to include an offer tailored to the needs of clients with specific needs.
2. understand and evaluate technically the needs of the people with disabilities, in order to design adequate tourist packages.
3. train to the welcoming of his target of client.

The same situation is found also in many vocational or specialization training courses organised by local, regional, national bodies in the field of tourism.
There is also an objective difficulty for young people with disabilities:

1. to access education and vocational training.
2. to access mobility programs financed by the European Commission.
3. to have equal opportunities guaranteed to get a job, to enjoy their leisure time and various activities of their free and personal choice because of an environment where it is difficult to grant physical accessibility, as a pre-requisite for participation to all types of disabilities and to all learning activities.