Support social tourism
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Published Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 11:56
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Have you ever imagined how many elderly can not afford to go on holidays and the consequences on their wellbeing?
Taking this into account, several Socialist MEPs launched an initiative that intends to enhance senior’s quality of life. How? By giving them the opportunity to go on holidays!
The program follows similar experiences in Spain, Portugal and Great-Britain. The idea is, through EU funds, to allow seniors to travel in different tourism structures across Europe. The investment would enable savings in many other areas such as unemployment compensations or the collection of taxes resulting from the touristic activity.
The benefits would include:
- New and better jobs over the whole year
- Better management of tourist flows
- Promote partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and the social economy sector
- Enhance quality of life of those who usually do not have the means to go on holidays
To read the full contribution signed by Kader Arif and several other Socialist MEPs click
here.
Tags: elderly, human rights, manifesto
Comments
1. Not really a priority by Ceciliag
on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 12:42
So many old people do not have a proper access to care, medicines, etc. Many of them have worked all their life long, and now they cannot afford a decent life with their monthly rent. Given the -far too- limited amount of European funds, I think we should foccus on using these funds to tackle these emergency issues rather than sending old people on Holidays.To be able to post comments you need to be logged in. No account yet? Register here! Lost your password?