HIGHLAND TOURS: MINISTER UPHOLDS APPEAL
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STRATHPEFFER tours plan can now go on, as the Minister of Transport has upheld the appealby Northern Roadways, Ltd., Glasgow, the application of which, to take tourists from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Strathpeffer, was refusedlast November by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners. The company was informed on July 29 that the Minister has directed the Traffic Commissioners to grant the licences.
Northern Roadways, Ltd., proposed, as reported . in " The Commercial Motor," to carry 4,000 tourists to the Ben Wyvis Hotel, Strathpeffer, this season, and to take them on daily tours to. placesof historical history and scenic beauty in the Highlands.
Highland town and county councils. anxious. to encourage the tourist industrY, passed. resolutions in support of the appeal to the Minister.
In an interview, Mr.. Harry M'Ghee, director of Northern Roadways, Ltd.. said: " Our application has been granted nine months too late for us to take advantage of the licences this season. We mean to open up the Highlands to thousands who have only heard of the marvellous scenery. I have arranged to fly to the Unitcd States and Canada, where I shall sell' Scotland tothe tourist agenzies. and next year we hope to bring shiploads of American and Canadian tourists."