WHO ARE WE ?
A tourist operator on renowned industrial sites for nearly thirty years, the Manatour group has acquired unique experience.
The group puts this experience at the service of companies and communities, in all areas related to economic discovery tourism. :
business audits,
Opportunity and feasibility studies,
Creation of company visit circuits (ergonomics, security, confidentiality, scenario / visit circuit, etc.)
Creation and upgrading of thematic tourist circuits,
Scenography, signage, museography,
communication and promotion,
Training / extension,
Marketing / support,
Impact measures.
OUR HISTORY
In 1990, Philippe Nau, communication specialist, and Jean-Pierre Mas, creator of the Voyages d'Oc agency, combined their skills to create Taxiway, in order to manage visits to the Airbus factories in Toulouse, for the general public and professionals. Today, Taxiway, which has become the Manatour group, chaired by Pierre-Olivier Nau, is France's number one in "economic discovery tourism", and offers tours for the general public of major sites in the economic and industrial fabric. from the Occitanie region and the Paris region.
The catalog of visits covers fields as diverse as aeronautics, the press, the wholesale food trade, energy, sport, wine tourism and water treatment.
OUR VISION
Today in France, nearly 5,000 businesses open their doors to the public, including 3,000 on a regular basis. “Industrial, Scientific and Technical Tourism”, also known as “Economic Discovery Tourism”, is a sector of activity that involves tourism, leisure and the economy.
A real tool for enhancing the identity of a territory and vector for the development of scientific, technical and industrial culture, it is also a very effective means of communication for companies.
According to the Company Visits Association: “the company visit represents a form of tourism that is now popular with the public: cultural, participative and alternative tourism”.
The main target audiences are both school groups (from primary to higher education), the general public (individuals and families), retirees (individually or on organized trips), works councils, business travelers, local and national tourists, and foreign tourists.