SWITZERLAND'S TOURISTS.
NOT THE MAIN INDUSTRY. INDEPENDENCE RETAINED. r (By Telegrapli.—Frees Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Recent references to Switzerland and the tourist traffic were - commented upon bv Dr. Leon Bossard, a-Swiss geologist,, who is visiting the Dominion. \ Switzerland, he said, Was essentially an industrial and agricultural cfiuntry,, and the percentage of itsvpeople directly dependent 'on the vtohrist tfaific 'did not exceed 1 5 per cent."lt-was: a good example to illustrate that ■a : country. could welcome .an d. be courteous' to tourists without losfng independence: /or 'k national characteristics.'. The times , were over when nations could shut themselves, off and' thrive,rdoid .the--sooner New Zealand: realised that. the-; sooner it-would, growto .be prosperous jind the generally important country every. ,true New Zealander sinceriely . wished'it to ,
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 182, 3 August 1929, Page 10
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