THE TOURIST SEASON

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 15, 12 October 1928, Page 10

THE TOURIST SEASON

RECORD BUSINESS EXPECTED

“There is every indication that the tourist season will be a bumper one—both for visitors and for New Zealanders touring other countries,” stated the manager of a prominent tourist bureau in Wellington yesterday. A number of English tourists would be arriving shortly after Christmas and the American quota would be well kept up. “If the strike continues in Australia and in any way affects the sailings of boats homewards the influx of Australian tourists will be very much greater than in former years,” he continued. A number of tourists come for the fishing only. After spending some time among the big fish in the northern waters many come south to Taupo at the end of the season, as there is more game in the fish at that period. The bulk of the New Zealand tourists travel principally in England and on the Continent. Some break off and do the Nile trip, but the Suez route is more popular than the Pacific route. “New Zealanders are paying more attention to Java and the Far East,” he said. “Districts round the Malay States and Java are being more advertised and better known. February, March and April are the months in which New Zealanders prefer to leave, returning in eight or nine months’ time for the summer.” Inquiries at the Government Tourist Bureau showed that the tourist traffic was increasing every year and this year promised to be no exception.