TOURIST BOON

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 18656, 26 March 1918, Page 1

TOURIST BOON

The pcrik of tb© war, the limitations of shipping, and the stoppage of passports have not only retained i at Home tourist traffic that fled to Eiirope, but havo ' attracted Europeans from all Eastern countries to Australia. Since the'; war Australia has been invaded by an army of tourists from Dutch East India, Inctia, China, and the Pacific Islands. These persons usually spent tbeir. hoti- ! days on leave in ■Europe T.i but'no;.v dread the s prospect of being submarined on their way to the older countries. There, are a groat number of persons in Australia who Know the world" from, the,, Horn to. the Straits of Labrador, and ]: from 1 j Japan to Lapland, but, strangely enough, |. have a very hazy notion of what, the Jenolan Caves have to offer, exactly j where Mt. Buffalo is (situated, or what | can bo gained by, a; visit to Koaciusko, ' and for these globe-trotters the tourist , bureau has raised tihe slogan "Australia First." Figures show that! people "axe travelling in N.S.W. more than they | travelled before the^war. The most in- ' terestirig of these statistics "are those ap- : plying to Jenolan Oaves. In 1914 26,389 ; persons visited the Oaves. In 1917 the ! visitors numbered 29,617.