Introduction

Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board launched Responsible Tourism Mission to ensure the sustainability of beautiful tourist places and also to create livelihood opportunities for locals. With the objective to make tourism inclusive  ensuring better accessibility to  tourism destinations  Project Humsafar was launched. The vision is to achieve easy accessibility for specially abled and elderly people  at tourist destinations.  Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board is working in phase wise manner for the said project. 

Objectives 

• To sensitize and conduct capacity building
• To conduct awareness programs for staff
• To enhance the proportion of accessible government buildings
• Transportation system accessibility
• Information and communication eco-system accessibility

Area 

• All tourist destinations of Madhya Pradesh 

Strategy

4 Step strategy has been adopted for the implementation of the project

Step1:  Selection: Selection of agency and of destinations to be made accessible for all.

Step2:  Identification: Identification of the work required to mitigate the gap to make  destinations accessible for all. It will be done through support of an agency  empaneled with Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board (MPTB). Orientation cum  sensitization of the staff placed at the destinations. 

Step3: Preparation of detail project report (DPR) for all the works  identified during the accessibility audit of the destinations. 

Step4:  Development: Agency to carry out the work for which DPR is prepared and completion of the required work.