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UTRECHT, Netherlands, March 10 // -- The EURAIL GROUP G.I.E.
released full-year results for 2005 showing a EURAIL travellers traffic
growth of 24%. This despite various events such as acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, and oil price raises, strong exchange rate fluctuations and
economic and political uncertainties - that faced the international tourism
industry in 2005.
EURAIL number of passengers beat expectations by growing to 374.000
passengers in 2005 (an increase of 24% compared to 2004) and achieving a
19.4% revenue increase to a total of 154 Million USD (a growth of 17%
compared to 2004).
The increase of 24% in number of passengers represents a staggering
73.000 additional EURAIL travellers mainly from North America (57%) followed
by Asia (27% and showing increases in most countries) and the Pacific (10%
with strong growth in especially Australia).
In terms of Eurail Passes choices, the Eurail Select Pass, allowing
unlimited rail travel in 3, 4 or 5 country combinations, was in 2005 again by
far the most popular rail pass.
A month-by-month analysis shows that a significant percentage of the
EURAIL travellers visited Europe in the months from May to July `05 thereby
following a trend set in previous years. This analysis is viewable in chart
format at http://www.prnewswire.co.uk or http://media.prnewswire.com
Market research, conducted by the EURAIL Group in the North American
market, confirms a new trend whereby travellers instead of doing all their
rail travel in one consecutive period over the European summer period,
increasingly plan several trips throughout the year to one to two countries
specifically over a shorter period of time. With the introduction of the new
Eurail Regional and National Pass range the EURAIL GROUP aims to meet this
changing trend and changes in customer demand.
In January 2006 EURAIL launched a new series of National Passes for 9
participating countries (Finland, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Norway, Poland,
Romania, Spain and Sweden). and is working on adding additional countries in
2006 and beyond. This with the aim to make rail travel more attractive and
flexible for both tourists and business travellers.
As tourist arrivals for 2006 at European destinations are forecast to
rise more than 3% over 2005, the EURAIL Group expects to see a significant
growth in its rail pass sales surpassing 2005 results.
The EURAIL Group comprises 26 railways and shipping lines, as well as
several bonus partners. For more information about Eurail and rail travel in
Europe, go to http://www.Eurail.com.
All Eurail products are available from travel agents and from our
authorised sales agents worldwide: ACP Rail International,
http://www.eurail-acprail.com; Rail Europe, http://www.raileurope.fr; Rail Europe 4A,
http://www.raileurope.fr/wheretobuy, Flight Centre, http://www.flightcentre.com and
Gullivers Travel Associates http://www.gta-travel.com.
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