Author profile: Giovanni Ferrero has long worked on disability, equal opportunity and accessibility issues through the Consulta per le Persone in Difficoltà and the Italian Institute for Tourism for All.
His article explains the Turismabile project, a regional initiative active in Piedmont that promotes tourism for all not as a matter of isolated accessible facilities, but as the result of coordinated work across an entire territory.
The model: training, awareness building, accessibility assessment and destination cooperation are treated as fundamental elements of tourism quality.
Why it matters: the project demonstrates that social sustainability and accessibility are not marginal add-ons, but structural components of a competitive and responsible destination system.
