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EARLIER this year Killarney Chamber of Tourism & Commerce President Paul O’Neill told Killarney Advertiser how a priority of his term in office would entail making Killarney accessible to all. This community-wide aspiration is gathering momentum, with Killarney man Paudie Healy being elected to the European Board of Directors of the European Network for Accessible Tourism last week.

Mr Healy, of Universal Access, Ireland, aid he was delighted to be elected to the 11-member board and thanked all the countries that voted for him.
“I look forward to contributing to the ongoing development of tourism for all and especially to the development and roll out of the first global accreditation programme for tourism service providers by the European Network for Accessible Tourism and also to contributing to the European organisation’s growth and expansion strategy globally.”

Mr Healy, who will play a key part n the new four-year strategy on the development of the European organisation globally, said he was delighted to be elected to the 11-member European Board of Directors and thanked all the countries that voted for him. The mission of the European Network for Accessible Tourism is to make European tourism destinations, products and services accessible to all travellers and to promote accessible tourism around the world.
 

 
Above: Paudie Healy CEO, Universal Access Ireland, Anna Grazia Laura, President, European Network for Accessible Tourism, Efi Kalampoukidou, President, Federation of European Tourist Guides Associations, Ivor Ambrose, Managing Director, European Network for Accessible Tourism, and Girma Anuskeviciute, European Commission Tourism Unit.