TEN THOUSAND TOURISTS.

Shannon News, 8 April 1924, Page 1

TEN THOUSAND TOURISTS.

QUOTA FROM- DOMINION,

During the next few months there will be 9> record home-flight on the part of New Zealanders eager to visit the great exhibition, which will open in England next May. It is estimated by one authority, closely 'in touch with shipping conditions, that there will be an exodus of nearly 10,000 people from the Dominion during the next few months. Every boat on every route, timed to leave, between February and May, will carry a full passenger list, and bookings are already so heavy that those who intend to visit England for the exhibition'and have not yet arranged their passages, are advised to do so at the earliest possible moment.

March,, April and May are always busy months in respect to overseas travel, but this year the demand for accommodation will probably estab-. lish a record. The bookings, although heayy, are not yet greatly in advance of . those of last year, but a notable point is that they are very much ahead of time. As far back as last August, intending passengers pencilled their bookings for March and April, .thus obtaining the best of . the accommodation. A certain amount of accommodation is still available by most of the lines, but those who leave the booking of passages until the last moment are courting disappointment.

A representative of the firm of T, Cook and Sons stated yesterday that a large number of New -Zealanders are booking not merely for England, but for Nile and Palestine tours en route. The Continental tour will also be taken by many on their way to England, the favourite route being from Marseilles, through the Riviera, Monte Carlo, Naples and Venice, thence via Switzerland to Paris and London.