Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1179 Florida Travel Guide for Persons with Disabilities
Requester:	Nikki Beare		Organization:		Silver Beare Travel
Project Title:	Florida Travel Guide for Persons with Disabilities		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 10:34:56 AM
District Member:	Howard Forman		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	Society for the Advancement of Travel for the Handicapped (S		Contact:		Nikki Beare
	347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 610		Contact Phone:		(850) 539-9955
	New York 10016
Project Description:
This project is to develop Florida's first comprehensive travel guide specifically for information about the accessability of lodging and tourist attractions in Florida for persons with disabilities and to utilize an established network of tourism agencies to dispense information to people inquiring about travel to and within Florida. The guide will be divided into established state tourism regions. The availability of such information will be an incentive for people with disabilities to travel to and within Florida.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Information about accessability of lodging (hotels, bed and breakfasts, etc.) and tourist attractions throughout Florida will be provided by existing Florida tourism structure (Visit Florida, Visitors and Convention Bureaus, Chambers of Commerce, etc.) The state will benefit from increased tourist tax revenues and more money spent throughout the state.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
People with disabilities traveling to and within Florida will indicate a high degree of satisfaction with their lodging arrangements and with the tourist attractions they visited because they were able to ensure their disabilities would be properly accommodated. Increases in tourism revenues will be attributable to increased numbers of tourists/visitors with disabilties.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$49,600
Total cost of the project:		$49,600

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					No
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Yes
	Amount:	$20,000
	Purpose for future year funding:			YesTo update data
	Will this be an annual request?				No
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					No
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	Travel Industry estimates.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No