HOLIDAY EXHIBITION
INFORMATION' FOR TRAVELLERS
LONDON, June 12
A woman traveller who has undertaken some strenuous journeys into the interior of South America is responsible for the Ideal Holiday Exhibition, which Princess Marie Louise will open at the Agricultural Hall next week. It is the first exhibition of its kind to be held in England, and is an ingenious scheme for bringing the holi-day-maker ' in touch with .all the branches of travel industry.
Intending travellers will be able to learn" everything they want to know about roads, rail, and air transport accommodation, climate, and scenery in every part of the world. They will be able to see travel and holiday goods of every description, from caravans and tropical outfits to sunburn, lotions a-ncl sun-bathing suits. They will see every kind of deck and beach game in progress, and they will listen to brief and ecstatic travel talk, illustrated by films.
Travel associations, railway and shipping companies, airways, hotels, passengers' agencies, manul'actures of hold day bgckfits, ‘from most of the Elii ro.penn countries and ‘from all the British. ’3>o)n'inions; arg>' taking part in .tliis cxhibitjKm. 'Among the Dominions, Ciui.ada ’ is iparticularly _ well represented, and among .the European it, is significant* that the most, complete travel section’ will, he ( the Frepch.;; ; Lnsfi jfear/. Era nee,,/which hp ; s bee.n 'the playground of ; -the world since, the war,'/and has.' reapqcl. a siph harvest, with/ her. invisible exports, lost a,'gi'eati deal of tourist revenue for the first time to Germany. In the recent Budget debate in the French Chamber, the deputy who urged that France was not spending enough on travel propaganda had a strong backing from the public and Press. It was typical of tlieir quickness in recovering lost ground that the French. should take the first opportunity that presents itself of putting their country, their hotels, and their holiday goods before the English -public; I’ 1 ”-
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1930, Page 6
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