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FOREIGN ' TO OR-i STS' IN BRITAIN
EigureS issued by 'the Travel Association show that ’4l/6(j9 tourists arrived in Britain during July, and as each one -was estimated'to spend about i)SO during the v’sit, over £2,00(J,6d0 was left in the country by foreign visitors in that, on© More than one-third of the July tourists, 16,982,.,.w?ve . .Americans, ■French coming / next .with ~7464 ! aii<l Germans.,. /> §candi-. navians and .fol-ow/ng , in that order. The .figures were considerably above what-^«»vw^p^todf-the favourable exchange.,., ana:,. attraqtioiis of. Britain un-looked-for extent of: ’ the influx. The majority of the visitors were middle-cjass family parties; Americans and*Germans were conspicuous ,for.their large purchases of Engilish clothing and shoes and it was estimated that of the •C2,000,C00, over 26 -per ernt. was spent in the purchase of, merchandise.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 3
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128VALUABLE VISITORS Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 3
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