Assessment of compliance with the requirementsDeclaration on accessibility

Tourismus Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg endeavors to make its website accessible in accordance with Section 10 (1) of the State Disability Equality Act (L-BGG). This declaration on digital accessibility applies exclusively to the website www.visit.bw.com.

The following legal provisions apply to us:

State Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Landes-Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz - L-BGG) and L-BGG Implementation Ordinance

This accessibility statement applies to the website https:/www.visit-bw.com/en.

This website is partially compatible with Section 10 (1) L-BGG.

Accessible Content

We had our new website created in accordance with the requirements of the L-BGG and were able to implement all accessibility requirements with very few exceptions. The following are notes on individual areas:

Language Alternatives

We offer content in plain language.

We offer content in German sign language.

Embedded Videos
Our videos are mood videos that do not require speech. We have therefore not used subtitles. The transcripts or descriptions can usually be found directly below the video.

Integration of Eye-Able
The additional integration of the provider EyeAble supports the accessibility of our website for a large number of users with its numerous functions.


Further Measures
Accessibility is very important to us and we want to set a good example. That's why we are constantly striving to further develop the topic in our organization. Our employees regularly take part in training courses to improve their skills. We also work closely with two accessibility experts who provide us with comprehensive advice on the subject.

Non-Accessible Content

The content listed below does not currently comply with the relevant legal regulations on accessibility:

Keyboard control
In post lists, the focus is not yet set correctly when selecting a new page. Our agency is currently working on this and it will be corrected soon.

Individual posts, e.g. in our “What to do” section, cannot currently be opened for screen reader users. Our agency is currently working on this and it will be corrected soon.

Navigation/structure
We have paid attention to a correct heading structure. We are currently optimizing the heading structure on individual subpages in order to achieve even better usability.
The contact links are not yet optimized for screen reader users. We will adapt this in the near future.
If you use the search function on our website, the results are not yet optimally displayed for screen reader users. Our agency is currently working on this and it will be corrected in the near future.

Text alternatives
Some videos do not yet contain audio descriptions or transcripts. We will add these step by step. All new videos will be made available with a transcript or audio description.

Newsletter registration by third-party provider
If you have sent the newsletter registration, no status message is displayed to screen reader users. The newsletter provider cannot correct this barrier. Please check your e-mail inbox and confirm your registration in the e-mail you received from us. If you cannot find an e-mail in your inbox or spam folder, please contact us.

Accessible documents
Some embedded documents (e.g. PDF) are not fully accessible. We are working on changing this step by step. When creating new documents in PDF format, attention is paid to barrier-free design.
Individual PDF documents are views of printed brochures. The information presented in them can be found in the same way or even in more detail on our website.

Exceptions to the scope of the accessibility regulations

The following non-accessible content on this website does not fall under the scope of the accessibility regulations:
The audio or video recordings, including recorded live events, published before September 23, 2020 do not have to be subsequently made accessible.
Third-party content is beyond our control, not financed or developed by us. This includes, for example, the integration of the mein.toubiz database and map functions.

Self-assessment with the support of the agency Online Agentin - Claudia Wollbrück, accessibility consultant

Have you noticed any shortcomings in the accessibility of content on our website or do you have any comments or questions about accessibility? Please feel free to contact us at:

Tourismus Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg
Marktstraße 2
70173 Stuttgart

Marina Zec
E-mail: m.zec@tourismus-bw.de

You can reach us by telephone on: +49 711 23858 0 .

If you are of the opinion that this website is not accessible, you can inform us using the contact options listed under 3.

If we do not respond or do not respond satisfactorily within four weeks of receiving your request, you can contact the arbitration board of the Landeszentrum Barrierefreiheit (LZ-BARR). You can contact the arbitration board as follows:

Landeszentrum Barrierefreiheit
Schlichtungsstelle
Else-Josenhans-Straße 6
70173 Stuttgart

Phone: +49 711 123 39375
Email: schlichtung@barrierefreiheit.bwl.de
Website: www.barrierefreiheit-bw.de

Or you can contact the municipal representative for the interests of people with disabilities as part of the ombudsman function described in Section 14 (2) sentence 2 L-BGG and Section 15 (3) sentence 2 L-BGG. You can contact the representative of the state government for the interests of people with disabilities as follows:

Commissioner of the state government for the interests of people with disabilities
Simone Fischer
Else-Josenhans-Straße 6
70173 Stuttgart

Phone: +49 711 2793360
Email: poststelle@bfbmb.bwl.de

You can find the contact details of your local representative for the interests of people with disabilities on the website of the city or district in which you have your permanent residence.

The conciliation procedure is free of charge.

Reference is made to the possibility of the right of association action in accordance with Section 12 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Number 4 L-BGG.

This declaration was prepared on 30.06.2025.

The declaration was last reviewed on 30.06.2025.