📋 Tender Overview
A meeting of the prestigious UIC Tourism Opportunities for RAIL (TOPRAIL) project took place in the High Tatras. It was attended by representatives of foreign railway companies from Europe, Japan, Morocco and Tunisia and UIC based in Paris. They were hosted by the Railway Company Slovakia (ZSSK).
René Kubiš, Director of the Trade Department, ?ubomír Hradiský, Head of the International Relations Department and Ján Palinský from the Trade and Products Section participated on behalf of the national carrier.
The aim of the meeting was to present ZSSK, its activities and offer in the field of tourism, as well as the history of the railway in Slovakia. Guests got acquainted with the modern premises of the Poprad Depot and new and modernized vehicles operating on the lines of the Tatra Electric Railways (TEŽ) and the Cog Railway (OŽ).
As an accompanying program, ZSSK prepared an extraordinary nostalgic ride with the historical set "Troj?a" on the TEŽ tracks, and as part of the next presentation of the Tatras, UIC members used the new cog train and ropeway in the High Tatras.
For ZSSK, this meeting represented a strategic opportunity:
Promote Slovakia as an attractive tourist destination: ZSSK presented Slovakia as a unique country with a rich offer for tourists, which is accessible by comfortable and ecological rail transport.
Share experience and inspiration: The meeting enabled mutual exchange of experience and inspiration between ZSSK and foreign railway companies. Thanks to this, ZSSK can constantly improve and expand the range of services for tourists.
Increase prestige and attract customers: The certification of quality of railway companies in the field of tourism, which TOPRAIL Group is currently working on, can help ZSSK strengthen its market position and attract more customers.
Other interesting facts about the TOPRAIL project:
The TOPRAIL project was initiated in 2013.
TOPRAIL members come from countries with a high degree of railway and tourism development, such as France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Austria, Portugal and Hungary.
Each year, the TOPRAIL meeting takes place in a different member country.
The project partners are global and European organizations and associations in the field of tourism and tourism.
ZSSK became a member of TOPRAIL in 2019.
