Inatel
INATEL is a state institution in Portugal whose task is to enable everyone to take a demanding vacation .
structure
The INATEL (Instituto Nacional de Aproveitamento dos Tempos Livres - National Institute for Leisure Time) was subordinate to the Portuguese Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity until 2008, with the last thought being privatization . Since 2008 it has been a financially autonomous, non-profit foundation of private capital, which remains under the control of the Ministry.
It has 250,000 individual members and 3,500 collective members (in Germany the German-Portuguese Society ).
history
Under the regime of dictator António de Oliveira Salazar , the FNAT (Fundaçao Nacional para Alegria no Trabalho - National Foundation for Enjoyment at Work) was founded in 1935. Salazar relied on the recommendation of the ILO ( International Labor Organization ) from 1924, but also on the propaganda successes of similar institutions in fascist Italy (Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro, 1925) and in Nazi Germany ( Kraft durch Freude , 1933).
After the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and the end of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo , the institute was democratized and renamed INATEL.
In 2008 the conversion of INATEL into a private and non-profit, not-for-profit foundation began and was completed in 2009.
activity
In addition to a wide range of cultural and social services, INATEL is primarily active in the organization of social leisure and tourism , both for young people and for senior citizens and families. Wellness , culture and sport are the main focus.
Inatel has a wide variety of facilities on the mainland and three in the Madeira and Azores archipelagos with a total of 4200 beds.
- 17 hotels and holiday centers
- 3 campsites
- 1 country house for rural tourism ( Turismo rural )
- 2 thermal baths
She also entertains
- 1 theater (the Teatro da Trindade in Lisbon )
- 2 sports parks ("Parque de Jogos 1 ° de Maio" in Lisbon and "Parque de Ramalde" in Porto )
- Facilities for folk culture and amateur sports
In addition to a wide range of publications in all areas of culture (illustrated books, plays, biographies, catalogs, collections of poetry, music, prose, etc.), it also publishes the monthly membership magazine Tempo Livre .
INATEL is part of the International Organization for Social Tourism (bits) and the World Organization for Tourism.
