ATTRACTING TOURISTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 570, 29 June 1933, Page 4

ATTRACTING TOURISTS

FROM AMERICA 3 ~ h -■ j TRAVEL REPRESEkTATlVP 1 GIVES SOUND j ADVICE j - • !-uBENEFIT S FOR BOTH 1 • "There is- a great opportunity {«, 1 New Zealahd and' Australia t'o acti^! gether to their mutual advante • j attracting the American tourist ?1 said Mr. A. H. O'Connor, Hotftl American representative of the A 1 j tralian National Travel Associati Jf i , a "Morning Post" representative \/| j terday. * j | • Mr. O'Connor, who is on his back to Australia after a three yea/ J stay ih 'Sati Francisco, is makino J tohi*' through' New Zealand in order 1 1 f amiliarisa himself With its tourist af I tractions So that when he returns t' 1 the United States he will be ablai 1 speak authoritatively in answer j the numerous inquiries he receive 1 from people asking for informatioal about the Dominion. ' I

"It is astounding the number 0|| inquiries I get about New Zealanil and its tourist attractions," said Hr 1 O'Connor, "I think that they hjJ numbered fully fifteen thousand i| the last three years and I am that there is every possibility of ti J tourist business picking up." 1 "IUis to the mutual advantage cfl New Zealand and Australia to wofi! together in advertising their attrat. j tions in America for the Americanjl are a people who travel a great deall During the past three years Ameritsl has been passing through very haijl times, but since the presidential ekt.l tion and the return of PresideoiJ Roosevelt things have improved woa-1 derfully." I Mr. O'Connor continued that tJ had approached Hon. Adam Hamilt«| and Mr. G. W. Clinkard, head of ttJ Publicity Department, while in Well ington, and had placed before tbesj the advantages of co-operating vrf|i Australia in a scheme of publicity i|| America for New Zealand and Acsl tralian attractions for tourists acfl had received a favourable heaiiijJ He intended to place the same pro- J posals before the Australian GovenJ ment and his own association and ra| hopeful of getting an arrangemental working order which would be of 1 benefit to both countries. I "As a matter of fact," said 1,1 O'Connor, "I think that New Zti-i land will really benefit more thij Australia for it is necessary when ojJ is describing the tours to give Ica porminence to all the ports of cjlJ and the attractions in the countml visited by the tourists,' and New Zeal 'land has so many wonderful sigbtsij| offer. I am here in Rotorua to-isfl to see these for myse-lf sothatlcsil tell the Americans from my ownperl sonal knowledge and experience ofl the wonders that await them. Iadl dress many cluhs, varsities aall schools and also give talks overtljl radio and the knowledge I am gainiifl to-day will enable me to give Amerb| cans a much clearer idea of the beaal ties of New Zealand." I Mr. O'Connor, who visited Whaki rewarewa yesterday afternoon, Ml much impressed with the sights a:il thought that Rotorua possessed ®1 ique attractions for the tourist, fl