Filenews 13 May 2021
The start of the implementation of the 3rd project through the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Programme Greece – Cyprus with the aim of upgrading accessibility is announced by the Cyprus Paraplegic Organization, noting that "the objectives of the project are to serve the disabled with both mobility and vision problems, through the strengthening of infrastructure at points of tourist interest".
In a statement, OPAK states that "with the implementation of the project, the travel and tourist destinations that have beaches (Geroskipou Municipality, New Village Community), as well as other entertainment and recreation areas (Forest Parks, Medieval Settlement - Syros), will have the competitive advantage and ability to expand their sales and improve their services".
At the same time, "this adaptation at micro-level also provides a new dynamic at national level in terms of upgrading the tourism product and improving the attractiveness of areas of natural and cultural interest".
According to the announcement, "through the project, accessibility will be upgraded in two other coastal municipalities of our country, Geroskipou and Neo Chorio Paphos".
As the President of OPAK, Dimitris Lambrianidis, states, "we have the concern, perseverance, knowledge and willingness to claim and implement actions for a society accessible to all".
The implementation of the European project "ACCESS - Creation of an Accessibility Network in Areas of Natural and Cultural Interest within the framework of Sustainable Mobility", which will be funded by the INTERREG V-A Cooperation Programme Greece - Cyprus 2014-2020, begins in cooperation with the Municipality of Syros - Hermoupolis in Greece and the Limassol Province Development Company.
Following this project, Cyprus will have a total of 12 beaches with autonomous water access systems, 11 of which were equipped through the projects implemented by the PAK which since 2012 has implemented two other similar projects as a result of the increase of beaches that offer integrated access to people with severe mobility disabilities with both special wheelchairs and autonomous water access systems.
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