TOURIST TRAFFIC.
MANY DIFFICULTIES. WHICH NEED REMOVING. LEAGUE MAKES PROPOSALS. Fewer vexatious regulations v.uicli ai present must be coniplieu witu h\ Lourists beiore they land m New Zealand, improved shipping services anu reduced steamer lares, sleepers lo* second-class passengers on the trains, uetter hotel accommodation and more elasticity with legislation mid awards concerning hotel services these are some of the suggestions for the improvement and development of the Dominion's tourist trade, contained in the latest bulletin issued by the New Zealand Tourist League. The League also advocates the need for placing the Government Tourist and Publicity Department under its own general manager, as was the case before the Department was linked will Iho Department of Industries and Commerce, and greater co-operation with world-wide travel agencies. The League believes that the State appropriation for overseas publicity should be increased by at least £50,000 each year, and suggests the establishment of a short-wave radio station to broadcast regularly items of New Zealand news, sport and music.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20188, 13 December 1937, Page 3
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