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June 03, 2009

Barrier-free tourism-Takayama, Gifu Pref., Japan

Now attention is being focused on "Barrier-free Tourism." And today we would like to introduce you Takayama, one of the famous cities in the field of Barrier-free Tourism in Japan.

The City of Takayama is working on a barrier-free, town-making program to turn itself into a tourist community where both people with physical disabilities and the elderly people can live a safe, comfortable life. The city is also probing the possibilities of making “information barrier-free” to expedite the flow of communication to promote deeper mutual understanding between visitors and local community residents in the current context of growing worldwide tourism.

http://www.hida.jp/english/barrierfree/index.html

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Posted by jicafriends at June 3, 2009 01:46 PM

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