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The 6th European Bus and Coach Forum, jointly organised by the IRU, ECTAA, ETOA and FBAA, will be held on 16 October 2009 in the framework of Busworld Europe Kortrijk, to discuss “Boosting European coach tourism and travel through business-friendly rules”.
The Forum will bring together some 200 business leaders, decision makers and representatives from local, national and international institutions to exchange views and experience in order to identify best and worst practices in travel and coach-travel legislation in Europe and beyond.
Discussions will focus on the impact of increasingly restrictive low-emission zones in cities on the tourism industry and economies, as well as on the upcoming EU legislation on the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport.
Graham Smith, CEO of Heyfordian Travel (UK) and Vice President of the IRU, said, “It is high time for the bus and coach industry around the world to take its future into its own hands. With this Forum, we intend to demonstrate to our partners and to policy-makers that buses and coaches can offer sustainable mobility and travel solutions for all, provided rules and regulations enable us to do so.”
Busworld Kortrijk will also be the occasion to award the IRU City Trophy 2009 rewarding the best municipal policies promoting coach tourism. Candidate cities this year feature Beijing (China), Stockholm (Sweden), Polotsk (Belarus), Southport (UK) and Bremen (Germany).
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