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Accessibility statement

The Tourismusbeschäftigtenfonds aims to make its website accessible in line with the Web-Zugänglichkeits-Gesetz (WZG, Austrian Web Accessibility Act). This statement applies to the website tourismusfonds.at, including the online application and the “My application” area.

Prepared on 27 September 2026.

The German version of this page is legally binding.

Compliance status

This website is fully compliant with conformance level AA of the “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG 2.1” and with the European standard EN 301 549 V3.2.1 (2021-03).

Non-accessible content

Our testing has not found any content that does not meet the requirements.

The website is currently available in German, English, Urdu, Hungarian and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian; other languages will follow. Websites of other providers that we link to, such as training providers, are not the responsibility of the Tourismusbeschäftigtenfonds.

Preparation of this statement

This statement was prepared on 27 September 2026. It is based on a self-assessment against WCAG 2.1 conformance level AA: automated testing of all pages and all steps of the online application on computers and mobile phones, using the application with the keyboard only, measuring the colour contrast of text and controls, display at 400% zoom (320 pixels wide), and increased line and letter spacing.

Feedback and contact

Have you noticed any barriers to accessing content on this website, or do you need information in an accessible format? If so, please write to us:

Enforcement procedure

If you receive no reply or no satisfactory reply to your message, you can submit a complaint to the complaints office of the Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (FFG, Austrian Research Promotion Agency). The FFG accepts complaints electronically via a contact form.

Accessibility aids

  • Text size: press Ctrl and + (on a Mac: Cmd and +) to zoom in, and Ctrl and 0 to reset. The pages adjust automatically.
  • Keyboard: use the Tab key to move from link to link; the active element has a red outline. At the top of the page, “Skip to content” takes you straight to the content.
  • Images: the illustrations are described with alt text and labelled as created with AI.