The Daily News. MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1901. ATTRACTIONS FOR TOURISTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1901. ATTRACTIONS FOR TOURISTS.

A few days ago we pointed out the importance of improving the m«ar;s of communication bttweon Taranaki and other parts of the colopy by the establishment of a daily train and steamer ser7«ce between New Plymouth and Wellington and Auckland. In doing eo we referred to the efforts bow being made by the Hon. the Minister for' Railways te encourage and devulopa the tourist • traffic and its importance to! Taranaki. We suppose there is hardly, any part of the colony which possesses' so much to attract tourists as this Taranaki provincial district. It is full of ' interest from an historical standpoint right from to the earliest history of the colony down tothe last war with the Maoris whilst in Mount Egmont, and the natural scenery it possesses attractions which are certainly not exceeded by any other district in the colony; It is, however, very little use havieg all these attractions if they are cot made known to the world and being made known propar means of access and accommodation provided for tourists. The Hon. J. G. Ward, speaking in Wellington on the question of the developmeut of our tourist traffic, said j "One of the greatest difficulties that ! has been experienced by people in the colony as well as those who have come : long distances for health purposes or with the object of witnessing our wonderful sights of nature, is that they have not been able to reach some of these places as, eaßily or as cheaply as they would have liked and in many cases the accommodation available for tbem has not been of the most up-to-date kind." This fits the case of Taranaki exactly. Take the case of Mount Egmont which every season attracts hundreds of people. The accommodations provided at the mountain huts erected by the Boards of Conservators suits very well for the residents of our own towns, who lcok upon a trip to the mountain na a few days of roughing it, buh for the class of tourists who come from afar and have money to spend the accommodation >s altogether 'unsuitable. We have repeatedly had complaints made to us by this class of tourists, and have urged the erection of abuildipg having, all and attention of a The erection a repeUu^^^^H

. trict in the colony is making the mos l of its advantages, and Taranaki, whiah iis rightly called the garden of New Zealand, cannot afford to stand still and allow the tourist traffic to be diverted to less favoured districts.