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The Oyster Card make London travel easy

London's go-anywhere Oyster travel card is to be made available to overseas tourists before they leave home in a bid to boost inbound UK tourism, it was announced today.

Overseas tourists will be able to buy and receive the electronic smartcard, which offers significant savings on the capital's public transport network, before they travel thanks to a partnership between Transport for London (TfL) and the VisitBritain tourism organisation.

Initially the cards will go on sale in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Portugal and the US, followed by the rest of VisitBritain's online shops by March 2007.

London's mayor, Ken Livingstone, said today: "Oyster is already a proven success with Londoners and this new deal will make it easier for millions of overseas visitors to get around London.

The best way for visitors to travel around the capital is usually by public transport so this deal will provide simpler, cheaper and quicker journeys."

Kenny Boyle, VisitBritain's director of commercial and marketing services, said: "With more than 12 million visits to our overseas websites every year, TfL and other commercial organisations recognise that VisitBritain can help them reach new customers.

"The Oyster card is the smartest, quickest and cheapest way around London and it's fantastic we can now offer even greater value for money to international visitors."

Although widely considered to be expensive, London's public transport network also topped a poll of international tourists conducted by the TripAdvisor company today. The UK capital was voted best overall for public transport by a quarter of those questioned, followed by New York (16%) and Paris (12%). Los Angeles came bottom.

But nearly a quarter of the 2,000 respondents, and 62% of Britons polled, voted London transport the most expensive.

***While many Brits say that public transport is expensive the fact remains there is not a cheaper way to see the city. Using the tube (their subway) and bus systems is the only way to go for savvy travelers.

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