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An increase of 20 percent compared to 2008 was announced Flemish Minister of Tourism, Geert Bourgeois In 2009 more than 87,000 Flemings surviving on a low income were afforded the opportunity of a budget holiday thanks to the Office Holiday Participation, 'Steunpunt Vakantieparticipatie'.
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A case study of Yorkshire, England
The only book currently available which examines in depth the challenges and opportunities of managing regional tourism in advanced capitalist economies.
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Important new paper published in prestigious scientific journal Published in February 2009 an article in the prestigious journal “Annals of Tourism Research” puts social tourism well and truly on the academic map. The study, carried out with support of the Family Holiday Association, highlights that social tourism can bring remarkable benefits to the family and personal life of the participants.
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Michael Matheson MSP signs Social Tourism Declaration as social tourism is debated in the Scottish Parliament With a quarter of a million families in Scotland wanting but unable to afford a break away from home the issue of social tourism took centre stage in Edinburgh on Wednesday 25 March.
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A short introduction to social tourism and its background just published The Guide to Social Tourism has been produced by the social tourism working party. It consists of five organisations that have been involved in the provision of family breaks for many years.
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Add your voice to the call for breaks for all Under the banner of "Breaks for All", a group of like-minded organisations, including the YHA, Family Fund and UNISON Welfare, have joined with the Family Holiday Association to promote the benefits of social tourism.
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Unison Welfare and the Family Holiday Association join forces to launch consortium and joint statement "We believe too many people are excluded from the benefits provided by even a simple break away from home. Together we will work to promote social tourism for the improved well-being and happiness of society"
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A report that took some time to track down.
This report from Price Waterhouse Coopers evaluates the Spanish government's IMSERSO project which last year helped over 700,000 Spanish OAPs access a shoulder season holiday at the Spanish coast.
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An opinion paper from the European Economic and Social Committee describes social tourism as a “miracle”.
Published on the 14 September 2006, the Barcelona Declaration is an important statement on the importance of social tourism and the need for it to be more comprehensively adopted throughout the EU.
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And French families visit Butlins at Bognor Regis The Family Holiday Association has been working over the past few years with a number of European organisations active in promoting the benefits of holidays for disadvantaged families. Out of this work, small groups of British, French and Belgian families will get the chance to enjoy holidays in the other countries - for many families this will be for many their first holiday and their first time in another country.
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Holidays have a significant impact on health, inclusion and economics according to speakers at a gathering at the King's Fund on Tuesday 3rd October 2006. The forum organised jointly by the Family Holiday Association and UNISON, Britain's largest trade union, brought together speakers from BITS (the International Bureau of Social Tourism), the Family Fund and UNISON.
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Long sought document turns up following a chance conversation
A 1976 report from the Social Tourism Study Group recently surfaced following a chance conversation between Family Holiday Association Director, John McDonald, and Sue Finch, Chief Executive of the Tourism Society. Thirty years ago, Sue had been the secretary to the group and had kept a dog-eared copy of the report.
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David Cameron and Nick Clegg attend event at Westminster "Let me see if I can talk to Gordon Brown about this", was a comment one Labour MP made on the evening of Monday 6 March at the Family Holiday Association dinner in the House of Commons.
Professor Richard Layard addressed a gathering that included six MPs and well-known commentator Cristina Odone on the subject of happiness.
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European working group invited to meeting in in Brussels
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 in Brussels John McDonald, Director of the Family Holiday Association, informed the Commission that nearly one in three families in the UK were not able to afford a holiday last year; that 60% of single parents and 20% of couples with children missed out on even a simple one week break away from home; and that over two million children live in families that cannot pay for a day trip to the seaside.
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Looking for EU partners
Each year more than two million families in the United Kingdom are excluded from taking a holiday because of poverty and yet recent research suggests that Britain lags behind mainland Europe in provision.
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