when arriving at the age of the retirement, it is important to flee from the sedentarismo and to maintain physical and intellectual the activity. This way, situations are prepared with dependancy, promotes the personal autonomy and, consequently, it improves the quality of life. Against this background, the trips of the Imserso are one of those activities that foment the active and healthful aging of the people majors.

The World-wide Organization of the Health (the WHO) defines the active aging like “the process of optimization of the health opportunities, participation and security with the purpose of to improve the quality of life as the people age�. The active term talks about, therefore, to the participation of the majors in the social, economic, cultural aspects, etc. To travel promotes, therefore, the active aging and, at the same time, it moves away to the people of the solitude, offers the possibility to them of extending his circle of friendships and, in addition, it is the best way to know Spain and part Europe. And all this, to a really reasonable price.

In September, the sale of the places of the trips of the Imserso began, that the majors of 65 years will be able to enjoy from October of 2010 to 2011 July. A million places that could be acquired by the users credited in the www.imserso.es vestibule or than 10,300 agencies the more authorized of all the country.

On the other hand, the trips of the Imserso also favor the creation and maintenance of use in the tourist sector during the low season, breaking the phenomenon of the seasonality, and harness the economic activity in diverse sectors: the hotel trade, restoration, transport companies, etc.

The prices include the lodging in complete pension and double room to share. In case of lodging in single room in Spain, these prices have an increase of 13 Euros per night for the destinies of Península and the Balearics; 15 Euros per night for destinies to the Canary Islands and 18.30 Euros per night for the cultural trips and tourism of nature. These prices will be always subject to availability of single room.

The trips to France have still not started up. However, the term of presentation will stay open until the 1 of December.

Requirements and modalities of trip

The requirements to accede to the trips of the Imserso are: to be greater of 65 years or pensioner of retirement of the Public System of Pensions, pensioner of widow's pension with equal age or superior to 55 years and pensioner of dissability or preretired majors that have turned the 60 years.

The beneficiary will be able to participate with his spouse to whom requirements are not demanded to him. Also the children with incapacity with a minimum degree of the 45 percent will be able to travel, as long as this incapacity allows them to move and they make of his parents sharing with them room accompanied.

The Imserso wants to contribute to the well-being of the people majors and, for it, it organizes different types from trips in order that they can enjoy deserved vacations, being able to choose between:

• Stays in coastal zones: the peninsular coast, the Balearics and the Canary Islands.

• Cultural trips to enter in the history and the art of Spain: Andalusia, Asturias, Aragon, Cantabria, the two Castillas, Catalonia, Valencian Community, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Navarre and Basque Country

• Tourism of nature: Andalusia, Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Valencian Community and Galicia.

• Interchange with other countries: France and Portugal.

The program has one varied supply of turns of vacations, that can be of 5, 6, 8, 10, 15 or 29 days of stay, in regime of complete pension, with transport of roundtrip, medical assistance and insurance policy.

If he is one of the lucky people who will benefit from some of the trips, he must know that their vacations include:

• Roundtrip in means of transport programmed, from the capital from province to the hotel of destiny and return, except in the modality of trips without transport.

• Lodging in regime of complete pension, double room to share, hotels selected by the Imserso. The lodging in single room is contemplated, that it will have I supplement.

• Collective insurance policy.

• Medical, complementary service of the Social Security, in the own hotel.

• Program of animation.

In the turns of tourism of nature and cultural trips, given their special characteristics, the medical services and program of animation are not included.