PULA MAYOR MEETS DAYTONA BEACH MAYOR WITHIN PULA BIKER DAYS

PULA, July 29 (Hina) - Pula Mayor Giancarlo Zupic on Saturday received Daytona Beach Mayor Bud Asher within an annual meeting of bikers, which this year is held in this northern Adriatic town for the sixth time. The Pula biker meeting is attended by some 10,000 bikers from all over the world. #L# Daytona Beach Mayor Asher is the originator of a similar event which attracts a far larger number of motor cyclists to this US town in Florida. A Pula municipal delegation last year visited Daytona Beach. Asher informed Zupic that Daytona Beach meetings, which are held every March and last ten days, attract about 500,000 bikers from all over the world, who spend about 500 million dollars. The Pula mayor expressed satisfaction with the fact that the number of participants in the Pula biker days is increasing every year. The event continues today with a music and entertainment programme including rock concerts, biker parties, driving skill competitions, striptease shows, mud-wrestling and box matches for women and the consumption of large quantities of beer. The bikers will also be entertained by the Croatian boxing legend Mate Parlov and his rock band. (hina) rml,