TOURISM
Sir,— Any of your readers who are interested in tourism will have enjoyed Susan Graham's article in Saturday's Herald. Her remarks on the iniquitous habit of tipping are very true and are deserving of notice. There seems to be no adequate reason for the giving or receiving of tips in a society such as New Zealand's. It is often said that we have no really "rich" and no really "poor." If that is true the former cannot afford to give and the latter need not receive — as far as tipping is concerned anyway. My first tipping experience in Wellington in 1948 was an education to me. Having left 1/- under my plate in a cafe I was followed to the cash desk by a young lady who re turned the 1/- with the remark "I am paid for my job the same as you are." I have never attempted to tip since. Her reaction is more common in this country than anywhere else in the world. Surely, therefore, we should find it easy to resist the temptation to either give or receive tips, and so improve our "tourist image." — Yours, etc., M. C. FOSTER.
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Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 57, 22 July 1965, Page 2
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195TOURISM Taupo Times, Volume XIV, Issue 57, 22 July 1965, Page 2
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