'Open Market' Proposed For Tourists To N.Z.
Transport difficulties across the Tasman are the main reason for New Zealand not getting a fair share of the world’s tourist trade, not the tact that New Zealand happens to be at the antipodes, according to Mr K. Westcott Jones, a travel consultant specialist from London at present visiting Christchurch “There should be a more open market here for tourists and anyone wishing to come by sea or air should have the opportunity to do so,” he said last evening “People go to Australia, but the difficulty of getting to New Zealand detracts from the tour and 'hey tend never to get here." he said Mr Westcott Jones's tour has been sponsored by Qantas. the Australian National Travel Association the National Airways Corporation, the Tourist Hotel Corporation the New Zealand Road Service, and the Government Tourist Depart ment.
His travel fea’ures are -eported to be read by 7.5 million readers He expects he first dozen of his 42 features to be written on this our will be published in September, and the remainder may take several years before they appear. As a specialist travel consultant for countries and organisations throughout the world and as correspondent an trade, tourism, transport
and travel for the “Travel Trade Gazette," “Birmingham Mail," and many other publications. Mr Westcott Jones travels on an average 55.000 miles each year. He has visited 90 countries and in the last eight years has crossed the North Atlantic 40 times. In gathering topical material on travel and holidays throughout the world. Mr Westcott Jones has travelled more than a million miles. His present tour, which includes 10 days in New Zealand. will add 38.000 miles to the total. Mr Westcott Jones said that as secretary of the Guild of Travel Writers it was necessary for him to keep up to date on the countries he writes about. "That is why I have come to New Zealand ” His last visit to New Zealand was at the time of the London to Wigram air race in 1953
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29867, 6 July 1962, Page 13
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