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BUMPER YEAR FOR ENGLISH TOURS IN 1968 FORECAST
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AS A RESULT of the economic climate, next year ought to be a bumper one for English tour operators. This was stated during the resumed hearing of an application by Shearings Holidays Ltd., in Manchester last week, by Mr. G. P. Crow for the company.
Shearings applied before the North Western Traffic Commissioners for two additional vehicles, one for a recently granted tour to Bude and one for Northbound services only. In his submission Mr. Crow continued: 'These operators have managed to catch the interest of the public. It is in the national interest that they do so."
He contended that none of the six objectors operated tours remotely comparable with the Bude tour and the express operators objecting did not operate to Scotland. Other extended tours operators had a substantial operating margin but Shearing had no slack whatsoever.
Objecting on behalf of three extended tours operators, Mr. J. Booth accused Shearings of trying to get additional vehicles by the back door. It had first applied, without objection, to add Bude as a destination for its tours. Now it had Bude on its licence, it was saying that it could not operate it without an additional vehicle. If its regular customers wanted a change another destination could be surrendered hi favour of Bude, he said.
The figures put in by the applicants had surprised everyone but in Mr. Booth's opinion the explanation was that the traffic had originated in the Yorkshire and West Midlands areas as well as the North Western. There was no evidence of an expanding market or a shortage of facilities.
The Commissioners reserved their decision.