OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2015. Bus, coach and taxi operators should work more closely with travel agents to grow tourism. This was IRU’s case at the annual general meeting of the the United Federation of Travel Agents' Associations in Brussels this week.

Speaking at the meeting, IRU reinforced its objective to strengthen the partnership between travel agents and coach operators on a global level.

IRU’s Smart Move campaign, aiming to double the use of passenger transport by 2025, is becoming increasingly visible in the tourism sector. Smart Move’s European Citizen’s Mobility Forum and high level expert groups bring together key figures in mobility to help develop better policy on tourism. Tourism is an extremely important part of many economies around the world, providing jobs and incomes for millions of people.

The Global Taxi Network, IRU’s fast-growing network of more than 250,000 taxis worldwide, was also at the meeting to reinforce to the travel agent associations the crucial importance of high quality, safe and legal taxi services for tourists in all parts of the world.