THE WORLD’S PLAYGROUND

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1930, Page 2

THE WORLD’S PLAYGROUND

Last year practically half as many foreigners visited Switzerland as there are adult inhabitants in the counttv ('says the Geneva correspondent of the “ Christian Science Monitor”). They came from all parts of the world, but chiefly from Germany, England, America and France. Some travellers come on business, others to attend international conferences, and a few to study. But most of them come to look, to rest, ancT to play, because during the four seasons of the year Switzerland abounds in beautiful sishts and offers endless opportunities for games, sports and touring. There are nearly 100 mountain resorts with ~bn>■n >■- 1 snow and ice well adapted to skating, sledding, and ski-ing. Nearly 80,000 Swiss people make a living caring for the 1,200,000 guests who annually visit their land. Of that muniher 477,000 arc from Germany, 160 000 from England, and 160,000 from America. It is to accommodate these 320,000 Engliish-speaking visitors that the Swiss'put up many publicsigns in English, thus «tiding another to" the three “ official ” languages of the Swiss people.—German, I*reach, and Italian. _____