A RECORD YEAR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 220, 11 June 1920, Page 6

A RECORD YEAR

FOR TOURIST TRAFFIC. Some indication of the lively res ''!HP" tion in travel on the part of the of New Zealand—after being pewied I for five years by the war—may be gat * ered from tlio records of Messrs. Thorn Cook and Son. The local manager (Air. H. Desborough) states that the aniouii of booking done this year by tlio local office ui) till the end of May (only «V 8 months) cxeeeds tlio record of any previous twelve months in the history. 01 the company's operations in \\ ellington, as far as booking passengers for American and England is concerned. Mr. Desborough says that the firm intends jto originate a personally-conducted world s tour by the Orontes, leaving Sydney in April, "lS'il. This tour will take tho passengers to the McditorrauAin vio Suez, land them in Naples, take them through Italy, Switzerland, Franco, BoN gium (with a visit to all the famous bat l tlefield? on the Western front), the TJmt< ed Kingdom, and Ireland, The trip, which includes two months on the Contintnt, will cost about .€SOO (all hotels and means of travel included, as well as competent guides and porters to give all possible help and add to the comfort o tourists).