Born to enhance social and work inclusion for deaf and hard of hearing people, FEEL IT aims to create a training curriculum to give persons who are Deaf or hard of hearing the 
possibility to become travel agents. Being a Deaf or hard of hearing tourist is very difficult, because of communication barriers and lack of consideration for their requirements in the design of tourism services.
In order to give them the opportunity to have touristic experiences tailored to their needs, the FEEL IT team is creating an online community where users can share knowledge and give or receive feedback for their trip. It will also create a VR game that lets hearing persons have the chance to understand how it feels to be a visitor with hearing impairments.
Making tourism inclusive is a small but vital part of the pathway to an inclusive world.
Project Τitle: Feelit-A Pioneer Curriculum for Designing Tourism Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Project Duration: 28/02/2022 – 27/02/2025
Project URL: https://feelit.infoproject.eu/
Project Framework & Funding: ERASMUS+ (VET) – 400.000 Euro
Scientific coordinator (UNIWA): Klimis Ntalianis
Consortium – Partners:
Panepistimio Dytikis Attikis (UNIWA – GREECE)
INSTITUTUL POSTLICEAL PHOENIX ASOCIATIE (IPP – ROMANIA)
THEOFANIS ALEXANDRIDIS KAI SIA EE (Omegatech – GREECE)
EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR ACCESSIBLE TOURISM ASBL (ENAT – BELGIUM)
CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE PER LA PROMOZIONE DELL’EDUCAZIONE E LO SVILUPPO ASSOCIAZIONE (CEIPES – ITALY)
A.B. INSTITUTE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT LTD (IED – GREECE)
KYPRIAKI ETAIREIA PISTOPOIISIS LIMITED (CCC – CYPRUS)
Research Publications / Results / Patents
- A total of 101 videos on Youtube, lasting 90 hours. The videos incorporate Greek, Italian and Romanian Sign Language. (https://www.youtube.com/@feelitproject/videos)
- VR Game with various scenarios
- Online community (https://feelitcommunity.infoproject.eu/)
