The real key to future summer holidays in Occitania, the OCC'YGENE card:

Updated February 1, 2024:
The deployment of the OCC'YGENE card will not be renewed in 2024.

  • entitles the inhabitants of the region to advantages and reductions on leisure activities at around 300 leisure providers, but also at campsites and holiday villages in the region. A partnership will also be set up with restaurateurs in Occitanie.
  • Allows direct payment of leisure and accommodation services and therefore preserves the purchasing power of the inhabitants of Occitania by being coupled with an electronic wallet supported by the Region (for families subject to means ). It will make it possible to quickly generate turnover with professionals in the sector.

This card is available in 3 versions:

  • For 18-25 year olds> Free card > Most of the partner companies listed apply an additional reduction on the student rate.
  • For families> The card costs 15 €> Most of the companies listed apply preferential rates to children's rates, or even free admission (for a maximum of 3 children per family).
  • For low-income families whose family quotient is less than € 1000> Free card> The card is credited by the Region with the amount corresponding to the number of people making up the household (€ 70 / person capped at € 300 / Household)> Boost given for the summer period by allowing the payment of referenced services until November 15, 2020.

The OCC'YGENE Card OCCITANIE SUD DE FRANCE: A SOLIDARITY DESTINATION

  • The card is valid for 1 year from July 2020
  • Exclusively dematerialized (in the form of QR Code)
  • Available by phone, on-line on a platform accessible via different channels (site of the Region / CRT / CDT or ADT partners)
  • The accommodation offer is initially (summer 2020) given priority to family accommodation such as campsites and holiday villages and favors service providers benefiting from the “Qualité Tourisme Sud de France” label (if you think you meet the standards, apply) .
  • It evolves according to the seasons ... Special actions will be taken with restaurateurs wishing to become partners of the system around qualitative criteria in discussion with professional representatives: master restaurateurs labels, homemade, Quality Tourism South of France in particular.

The implementation of this map was entrusted by the CRT Occitanie to the Mixed Economy Company N'Py1 .

The customer buys and/or orders (in the case of free) their card online. As soon as the statuses are validated (CAF beneficiaries in particular, certificate of residence and identity), an exchange voucher with a QR Code is sent by email on the same principle as air transport ticketing. The card can be used freely until June 30, 2021 with listed service providers. For families with a monetized card, it allows you to pay for services from selected companies at the negotiated rates of the OCC'YGÈNE card (until November 15, 2020).

For service providers involved in the system, when the customer arrives, the service provider scans the bar code of the card (handheld / smartphone) or manually enters the card information (card number) on the sales software provided. provision by N'Py: a flexible, scalable and adaptable tool (addition of service providers, addition of a pot, etc.).  

Requests for the OCC'YGÈNE card are possible from July 6 on the platform: www.tourisme-occitanie.com and also accessible on all the sites of TOs and partners.

Regional transport pass coupling

Regional transport pass combination: the Occ'ygene Pass will give access to all trains at € 1 for all residents on weekends in June and September. All trains will cost € 1 for children under 26 every day in July and August.

Why integrate the OCC'YGÈNE card

Integrating the Occ'ygene card will allow you to:    

  • benefit from the various communication actions deployed by the Region, the CRT and its partners ADT and OT around the promotion of this card;   
  • increase the flow of regional customers to your structures and traffic to your site and / or activity;    
  • use a simple solution and benefit from dedicated support;
  • benefit from a personalized follow-up of your sales thanks to this card; 
  • gain new customers for whom the barriers to the consumption of leisure activities have been lifted (almost free transport, credit linked to the electronic wallet) and who were not aware of the leisure offer near their home . 

How to integrate the card

Membership is free! To appear on the map, you must commit to:    

  • be open for at least 6 months in the year;
  • make an attractive offer aimed at the targets concerned;
  • promote the card on your site and on your communication media;
  •  communicate to the CRT your attendance outside the card and using the card.

IMPORTANT: you must have an internet connection (downloading the card software; scanning QR codes presented by card holders).

Who can integrate the card

The offer offered to cardholders must initially be chargeable, to justify a reduction.   

The different structures / service providers who will be able to integrate the card are classified according to 7 categories :    

  •  Outdoor and sports activities  
  • Cultural, natural and scientific visit sites   
  • Leisure and tourist sites   
  • Agri - oeno - crafts   
  • Excursions and guided tours designed and sold by Tourist Office reservation centers
  • Campsites 
  • Holiday villages / Youth hostels  

Integration criteria for outdoor and sports activities:  

Be certified Quality Tourism Occitanie South of France  OU  fulfill all the necessary criteria to join the Qualité Tourisme Occitanie Sud de France label.   

Activities concerned:    

  • Climbing, Via Ferrata, Caving, Treetop courses in height   
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing, Mountain biking, Cycle tourism   
  • Horse riding, Donkey trekking, Driving   
  • Canoeing, Sea kayaking, White water sports (canyoning, rafting, white water swimming)   
  • Free flight: Paragliding, Kitesurfing   
  • Diving   
  • Voile    
  • You offer individual and collective activities for groups, accompanied or not   
  • You are a company (RCS, MSA, URSSAF) or an associative structure which is part of a national marketing approach   
  • You are operational for at least 6 months during the year, including at least 4 months of effective activity   
  • You are in compliance with the regulations in force (Sport, ERP, Health, Safety, Tourism, etc.) and your supervisory staff have an "approved" diploma   
  • At least one person in your company has a BE or BP level diploma (unless you exclusively offer pure rental activities).   
  • You have a reception room (either a reception building, or a reception room (fixed or semi-fixed), or a reception in and in synergy with another structure)   
  • You offer sanitary facilities (private or public, on site or less than 200 m)   

Important information   

  • You exercise the activity in strict respect of the natural environment and the landscapes crossed   
  • You manage the keeping of a material tracking register
  • You have internet access

Integration criteria for cultural, natural and scientific sites, for leisure, recreation and tourism

Be certified Quality Tourism Occitanie South of France  OU fulfill all the necessary criteria to join the Qualité Tourisme Occitanie Sud de France label.   

  • Your site is open at least 6 months in the year   
  • You offer sanitary facilities (private or public, on site or less than 200 m)   
  • You have a ticket office (even with free access)   
  • The visit route is clearly identified   
  • You carry out your activity in strict compliance with the regulations in force (ERP, aspect of fiscal, social, health, competition, security, etc.) orders   
  • You have taken out insurance covering risks related to public reception, in particular civil liability, theft and fire.   
  • Consult the State's summary sheet on ERP safety rules   

Important information: the transmission of knowledge / educational interest   

  • The quality, accuracy and relevance of the mediation speech returned to the public constitute a prerequisite for any request for labeling.
  • You rely, in the ideal case, on a scientific committee and/or on resource people and structures
  • You have internet access

Agri-wine tourism integration criteria

Be certified Quality Tourism Occitanie Sud de France OR fulfill all the necessary criteria to adhere to the Quality Tourism Occitanie Sud de France label (when the reference allows).   

  • You are a place of sale where farmers sell the products of their farms
  • It is mainly wine and farm products   
  • The sale is ensured there by the farmer, the members of his family or an employee.   
  • Your point of sale is located on the farm   
  • In the case of collective points of sale, the common point of sale must be managed directly by the producers concerned, who participate in the sale of the products. The products mainly come from farms that are members of the group   
  • You have toilets reserved for public reception   
  • You meet the conditions for affiliation to the agricultural social system
  • If the legal form (SARL, GIE, etc.) in which the activity of processing and selling products is developed is distinct from the farm, it is required that the person in charge meets these conditions and is a producer on the farm.   
  • You comply with the legislative and regulatory texts in force, in particular of a fiscal, social, health, competition, safety, definition and quality of products, labeling, presentation   
  • You have taken out insurance covering the risks related to public reception (ERP) and the sale of food products, in particular civil liability, work accidents, theft and fire is mandatory   
  • You have internet access

Handicraft integration criteria

Integrate the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV) label - a state recognition mark set up to distinguish French companies with excellent artisanal and industrial know-how.            

Integration criteria for excursions and guided tours

They must all be marketed by the Tourist Offices or the ADT / CDT resa centers.    

Campsite integration criteria (valid only July-August)

Be certified Quality Tourism Occitanie South of France   OU fulfill all the necessary criteria to join the Qualité Tourisme Occitanie Sud de France label.   

Integration criteria for holiday villages

Be certified Quality Tourism Occitanie South of France  OU fulfill all the necessary criteria to join the Qualité Tourisme Occitanie Sud de France label.   

  •  Your holiday village includes: individual or collective accommodation and premises allocated to management and services; common facilities intended for sporting activities and collective entertainment
  • For meals, one or the other of the following two formulas: restaurant or individual kitchen per accommodation, with or without distribution of cooked meals  
  • You must be rated 2 stars or above  
  • You are in compliance with the regulations in force  
  • Consult the summary sheet of the State
  • You have internet access

Important information:  is considered a holiday village any set of accommodation subject to a global exploitation of a commercial nature or not, intended to ensure vacation and leisure stays, at a fixed price including the provision of meals or individual means to prepare them and the use of collective facilities allowing sports and cultural leisure activities.  

What type of reduction to put in place

In order to give real interest to this card and to encourage additional purchasing actions among customers, the offers that the card contains must be attractive. 

The objective is that the price of the card can be amortized from the second use. 

Side leisure providers

  • Reductions reserved for the public 18-25 years old : apply a minimum of 30% on the student rate.   
  • Discounts reserved for families : to be applied to a paying service of a minimum of 30 euros for 1 family of 2 parents + 2 children (age limit for children: subject to child pricing in force with the service provider).

On the accommodation providers side

A minimum 15% reduction on one-week stays or short stays.

Dedicated media plan

  • Realization of Enewsletters on target files  
  • Targeted communication with the inhabitants of the territory    
  • Articles on the professional and general public newsletter of the CRT  
  • Communication on the social networks of the CRT and reseller partners  
  • Dedicated articles, banners on the tourisme-occitanie.com website and on the websites of reseller partners (ADT, CDT, OT, N'PY agency)  
  • Press releases distributed to the various local media and to the ADT press services   
  • Communication made with tourist accommodation providers (prescribers of the card)   

How to send your offers and discounts

You would like to be included in the “Occ’ygene Card”:   

Enter your proposal in the online questionnaire via the link following. Do not take into account the deadline of June 25, 2020 announced and already passed.

Choice of offers

 The analysis of the offers will be carried out according to:    

  • compliance with the criteria
  • the diversity of the territorial offer
  • promotional offers offered.    

After validation of the offers, the N'Py agency takes over from each service provider whose offer is selected.  

The N'Py agency:  

  • Send the contract to the service provider   
  • Sets the provider's information on the sales tool (services, prices, practical information, link to the provider's website)  
  • Train each service provider on the tool so that they are able to accept the card on site, depending on their equipment and digital access  
  • Provide after-sales service throughout the project (technical problems, requests for information, etc.)  
  • Reverse the amounts of the jackpots used by the holders of the BONUS Family card  
  • Sets up a geolocated and responsive web platform (display on smartphones) listing the leisure providers participating in the operation.

Your contacts

To the Regional Tourism Committee:

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