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C<\/span>an rail travel be re-visited as a means of sustainable tourism? The International Union of Railways has launched TopRail to raise awareness of cruise and heritage railways, and scenic train routes around the world. With a series of workshops underway as part of the UN\u2019s International Year of Sustainable Tourism, Frances Marcellin talks to TopRail about how these sessions will help promote rail travel.<\/p>\n

With 2017 officially declared as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations World Tourist Organisation (UNWTO), the International Union of Railways (UIC) launched TopRail in 2016 to actively promote sustainable railway tourism. Its aim is to enable close collaboration between stakeholders and their customers in order to grow railway tourism opportunities.<\/p>\n

This is an excerpt from an article first published by railway-technology.com.\u00a0<\/em>Read the original article here:\u00a0TopRail: promoting sustainable rail tourism.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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