It is time to put order in the passenger tourist transport
For thirty years, it has been required by law to license buses according to the catalog, but the state has not heard about this problem, so the prices are varied, ie someone drives for 0,80 and someone for 1,20 euros per kilometer, say well-informed sources for "Free Press".
It is time to make a serious categorization of the buses that transport passengers for tourist purposes and thus finally deal with the unfair competition, briefed for "Free Press", well-informed sources from the industry. Such systematization should be similar to that of hotels and thus, dumping prices in transport will be avoided and finally order will be introduced in the tourist-transport activity. Our sources agree with the conclusion that a travel agency for its partner in the arrangement, sometimes asks for the lowest price, and the carrier's consciousness is left to take care of the quality of the service it offers. Finally, the question should be asked about who organizes and drives the student excursions, the experts added for "Free Press".
- For thirty years we have been asking by law to license the buses according to the catalog, but the state does not hear about this problem, so the prices are varied, ie someone drives for 0,80 and someone for 1,20 euros per kilometer. You do not have to be a good mathematician to calculate the impossibility of the price of eighty euros for an excursion, for example to Turkey, if you know that only the return ticket is over fifty euros - our sources explain.
The age of passenger buses in the country is around 20 years, but transport experts point out that there are buses that were produced in 1999, but are well maintained and regularly serviced, but there are newer ones that are in poor condition.
- Inspection in the technical correctness of the buses is performed according to the legal protocol, which prescribes to conduct a technical inspection twice a year. However, it all depends on the awareness of the carrier, because the drivers carry 55 to 80 people depending on the capacity. Another problem runs through the years and that is the fact that in the country we do not have professional authorized services, so for the slightest defect we bring them to neighboring countries. Lately, more and more skilled masters are appearing, but even that is not enough - say our sources.
According to the data of the Customs Administration, until September this year, only 10 new buses and minibuses were imported in the country, and 160 used ones.
