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8-ft.-Wide Coach Worries Scottish Tourist Board Elm. a Year Earned
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BECAUSE of the width of existing roads and restrictions imposed by local authorities, especially in the north and north-west of Scotland, country hotels and village shops are being denied a share of coach tour business, which already brings 70,000 people and at least Dm. a year to Scotland.
Operators in England and Wales are eager to try additional routes, according to spokesmen at the 4th annual conference between operators of extended tours and Scottish hoteliers and restaurateurs organized by the Scottish Tourist Board, in Edinburgh, last week. But they are also worried about the prospect for 8-ft.-wide coaches on many of the roads over the Border.
With the sanction of the Ministry of Transport, the 8-ft.-wide coach was rapidly becoming the standard vehicle; at the same time the Ministry were giving authority to county councils to forbid its use on narrow roads.
The Board are to ask the Ministry on what roads operators may run the 8-ft.-wide vehicles.
Mr. H. W. B. Richards. a coach operator of Whitchurch, Shropshire, reported " a great increase " in traffic to Scotland since the war. Whilst Scottish tours once constituted only 25 per cent, of his company's tours business, they were now responsible for 50 per cent.
"By and large," he said. "we get better service from Scottish hotels than from English hotels."
Mr. James Amos, chairman of Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., told the conference that the coaching industry was catering for roughly 2m. people a year in Scotland. He emphasized the importance of having good drivers. Mr. B. Goodfellow, general manager of Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., expressed the willingness of his company and others to expand their services in Scotland.
Mr. W. V. Stevens, secretary of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, appealed to coach operators to give passengers more time for shopping and opportunities to buy Scottish goods. Many Scottish factories were now open for inspection, and arrangements could be made for visits by coach tourists.
N.Z. ALLOTS ANOTHER £2.5m.
THE New Zealand Board of Trade have allocated a further £2.5m. for the import of vehicles from non-dollar sources this year. Funds for vehicle imports now total £18m., of which £6m. is for goods and public service vehicles.
ASUNCION CONVERSION
THE possibility of converting the
tramway system in Asuncion, Paraguay, to trollcybus operation is being studied by the municipal tramway and electricity undertakings. The cost would be at least £300,000.