THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY “Public Service" WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949 TOURIST REQUIREMENTS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 58, Issue 4168, 3 August 1949, Page 4

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY “Public Service" WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949 TOURIST REQUIREMENTS

Although the number of ovwg seas tourists to New Zealand hanjh been gradually increased the end of the war, the total still a long way short of pre-waf'* figures. In 1938-39, for instance!;; there were 13,054 “touring*?: visitors, but travel of this natuh# was, of course, at a low ebb duF ing the war. By 1947-4$ w trade had been restored to thq, extent that 7692 visitors came to New Zealand for tourist pur* < pbses, and in 1948-49 there was' a further small rise of 136 to . 7828. From the financial point, the tourist trade turnover f appears in a much more favour* able light. The annual report of ' the'Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, presented to ! Parliament on Wednesday, show# that in 1948-49 the turnover at Government bureaux, mental hotels, reserves, etc., wa#| £1,738,542, compared wit Mb £782,376 in 1938-39, when therdi were nearly double the numhe#« of overseas visitors. costs have no doubt played theird part in boosting the finandhlS turnover. Another factor, whichM the report notes, is the increases ing use which the New people are making of their

tourist attractions. Visitors to New Zealand fro«i| overseas have been hampered by the dislocation hfy normal sea transport war losses, and as conditions. re»|| turn to pre-war frequency, -jo| may be expected that the nunf-S ber of tourists will continue w| increase. Already the improvHiJ transtasman services have r**w suited in a big influx of Austral**! ian tourists, no fewer than of the 7828 visitors in, 194SHH3 being from the Commonwealthi|| The United Kingdom provided the next largest total of 110SS| Surprisingly enough, there wetO only 465 visitors from the UniteM States and only 175 fram|| Canada, and it is to be hoped tbOJ steps will be taken to encourages more tourist traffic from Norfwfi America. si New Zealand has much to offeOi the visitor, but unfortunately, a«|| the department’commented iirdkfl report a year or two ago, the development of tourist potentials ities is “ limited only by tfera machinery of service.” Wm point has again been emphasiseffij in the latest report, where it i®|| stated that “it is now maialyfl upon increased and improved commodation that the ment of |he tourist industry <rf|» this country, which undpubtedtyafl has a very great future, pends.”