The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement has welcomed the new eastern beach faculties as a steep forward that will enable people with disabilities to access the beach.

Spokesman of GLDM adds Beach facilities have made history allowing wheelchair users’ access to one of its beaches i.e. Eastern Beach, but hopes that this is a first step in the right way for other beaches. The Disability Movement has received many emails from outside gib asking about beach facilities in Gibraltar. Although beach facilities for the disabled are more than needed and welcomed, the Movement would have loved to have seen disabled beach facilities at Camp Bay were the possibility of sand grains getting into wheelchair wheels would be limited.

The GLDM also remakes that it has, form the launch of Eastern Beach facilities, received emails from persons who ask that they would like to be as independent as possible avoiding having other people helping out and what are the alternatives, other emails ask about Gibraltar facilities available for the disabled as in taxi’s cable car and tourist facilities access.

The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement hopes that both Minister for Family, Youth and Community Affairs, Jaime Netto and Gibraltar and Tourist minister Ernest Britto could work together in sorting out this long time issues making Gibraltar a model for others to follow. Driving big business on disabled holiday visits into Gibraltar can be a possibility to help the Gibraltar holiday business trade. Last year, an increasing numbers disabled people flew out of UK airports during the last holiday of the summer and still it appears that a huge gap in the requirements of disabled clients mean agencies and operators in Gibraltar alike are missing out on a lucrative opportunity.

Following EU rulings which came into force in July last year, disability-awareness and
disability-equality training are now legal requirements for all staff dealing with the travelling public.

GLDM warns: “Some travel companies are leaving themselves open to potential prosecution and fines through discriminatory conduct. The disabled traveller is legally entitled to the same quality service as others.”


The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement
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