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Do you recognise this?

you enter a venue: an attraction park, resort, conference area or tradeshow.
You look around and…
OOPS: you got lost!

One thing almost everyone does is: look for a map.

It is a pitty, but there will always be people that even with a map manage to loose their way.

But, what is even worse is that there is a group of people who do not have access to regular maps. They are blind or severely partially sighted; just like me. And they, just like you, want to get around by themselves, not hanging on a stranger’s elbow all the time.

Creating tactile maps is not so difficult.

Creating tactile maps does not cost too much.
What it gives is priceless: freedom.

Landal Greenparks – renting holiday bungalows – now rent the Visionvilla; a bungalow decorated with care to meet the needs of people with a visual impairment. And what Landal realized is:

It is great to have the Visionvilla available, but you’ll need a map to get around the venue, find the facilities and get back to your holiday home.

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