Request: For the inclusion of a policy to promote the development of tour coach parking in the town and for the identification of a site in the new Zoning Map.
Reason: To attract passing tour coaches (en-route to Kerry) to stopover in Abbeyfeale for a lunch-stop or overnight. This would contribute to the local economy, create demand for new business to open, thereby enhancing the vitality and viability of the town centre, and overtime begin to reverse dereliction.
This would enable Abbeyfeale to work towards becoming a ‘Coach Friendly Destination’ and achieving accreditation by the ‘Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland’ (CTTC). This can be used as a unique selling point to attract coach companies and tour operators to consider Abbeyfeale as a destination for the Coach Tours they operate.
The Greenway is a new facility that may encourage some tour companies to stop off in the town.
An example of a CTTC accredited Tour Coach Park is Ennis in County Clare and Dungarvan in Co. Waterford which is also on a Greenway.