"A MODEST PEOPLE"
ATTRACTIONS OF DOMINION VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS "From a visitor's point of view, if there is any fault to find with New Zealand people it is that they are too apt to belittle their own country," said Mr. Michael Johnson, a Manchester business man, on his return to Auckland yesterday after an extended tour of country districts. "New Zealand-has greater and more varied tourist attractions than probably any other country in the world," said Mr. Johnson. "Yet one has to find out these things oneself. The tourist pamphlets issued are mostly stereotyped and the information given to the intending visitor is not very, definite." "Mr. Johnson said there was a tendency to apologise to the tourist for the state of the roads in the Dominion. This was not warranted, as the roads were, comparatively speaking, equal to any outside England: Measured by the traffic using them, they were exceptionally good. "This modesty of the New Zealander may be a national characteristic," said Mr. Johnson. "It is not helpful to a visitor, but it .is very refreshing after the way he is pressed 'to visit this' and 'to visit that' in other countries."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22261, 8 November 1935, Page 12
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