WONDERFUL PROSPECTS FOR TOURIST TRADE
ir DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN HAND, SAYS MINISTER AUCKLAND, August 2(5. Erom reports received from overseas, i thei'e are " wonderful prosperts" for New Zealand's tourist trades, Recording to a statement by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. \V. E. l'arry. when he received a deputation with proposnls for the erection of a new resi-j deutial hotel in Ihe city. The Minister J said N'.ew Zealand servicemen abroadl nad jiroved sfilendid ambassadors for; the Doniinion, which today stood very j tiigli iu the estimation of tlie rost of tlie world. Mr. l'arry said he was in! agreement with ihe necessity for devel- 1 oping accomiuodatioii not only for over-'i seas tourists but also for internal trav-i ollers. During ihe pnst t'our or Jive j years there had been an increasing in : terest in travel among New Zealandersj anxious to see the beautios of their j OAvn country and it could be said there: had never before been equal tourist j activity within tlie Dominion. So farj as the Tourist Department was concern- ' el, an etlicient coiumLttee had been pre- 1 jiaring a programnie of developiuont | and the department was readv to go as | soon as tlie word was given. New Zea- j land would get a large share of tlie tourist. trade and he had every conlidence that the requirements of the visitors would be met. The Dominion 's sporting facililies were the souree of coirstant inquiry and it was essential tliat these attraclions sliould Jje empliasised abroad.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 August 1946, Page 7
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