Airport transfers Airport transfers are a perfect example of tourism knowledge transfer at its most practical level. I use the example of ferry departure points in one of my lectures as a mystery unknown to the holiday visitor. The airport transfer mystery has just surfaced for our group of 15 as we plan our fieldtrip to Nantes. How do you move 15 people, with luggage, from L’Aéroport Nantes Atlantique, Bouguenais (NTE) into the city centre of Nantes, within walking distance of, say, rue la Fayette or rue Descartes? If you have never been before, then it is very difficult, perhaps impossible to find that important piece of knowledge. UK travel company staff do not speak French so they cannot find the answer for their customers. Besides, who are they going to call? Google Maps tells us it is 12 kilometres and takes 19 minutes by car, but we do not have a car, we’ve flown in. Ah, you say, click on public transport in Google Maps, but Google says: ‘Sorry, we could not calculate tra
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