Show BABSON'S ij ST STATEMENT A r W Dbr Dab Special to THE TIIE EXPRESS BABSON SAYS TRAVEL A GOOD INVESTMENT BABSON PARK MASS Last fall in these pages I discussed the bargains bargans avail avail- available available able in foreign travel and I pointed out that the cost of o f touring was still on the way wa y down while e the cost of practically everything else was on the waY up This trend still continues The reason is in large part the bitter compe not only between the theair theair air lines and the shipping companies but also among the various ambitious con con- concerns cerns within those two cate- cate categories categories gories Many Buying Travel Bargains Final figures for 1962 show that Americans shelled out close to 29 billion for for for- foreign eign travel during that year an impressive gain of 10 after the temporary leveling off seen in 1961 Preliminary figures for the first filst part of 1963 indicate that the curios curios- curiosity Ity of Americans to visit for for- foreign eign countries is still grow grow- growing ing The travel now pay later psychology is leading many lower lower- budget Americans who would never have dream dream- dreamed ed of traveling abroad a few years ago to give yes ves a royal treat on the cuff Jet flights to faraway lands are so fast that nearly all of ones one's vacation can be spent In romantic climes new to the traveler instead of on ona ona a slow boat getting there Man wife or entire fam fam- sly ily bargain packages are very popular with the cost often little more than that of ofa ofa a trip to some distant national park or seashore in this coun coun- country try Visits to neighboring Canada and Mexico are stead stead- steadily Ily on the increase but I am more interested at the mom mom- moment ent In the tendency of AmerI Ameri- Americans cans to go farther afield to cross the open seas for new experiences Where People are Going I The most popular parts of the world for travelers right noW are the European and Mediterranean C o 0 u un n t r i e es s During 1961 about Americans visited these areas while last year the to to- to total tal zoomed to There was n a somewhat smaller ad- ad advance advance vance from the trav trav- travelers elers who visited the West In- In Indies In dies and Central and South America during 1981 1961 to the who toured there In 1962 Indications are that the I same tendencies s exist in 1963 and will for lor some tIme to come tOI I am told by a friend who is interested In hotels motels and apartments in the West I Indies that the Haitian trou trou- ble has done dOM his bis business more good than harm True many people have moved awaY from the immediate area of Haiti and the Dominican can Republic also from the countries closest to Cuba However as a result tourists have concentrated more heavilY heavily ilY in other sections of the West Indies Both the clim clim- climate ate and the nearness of these islands make them arly any attractive to Americans despite local political tensions in Haiti and international ten in Cuba Travel A Wonderful Gift With world travel such a bargain now is a perfect time for parents to give their chil chil- chil children i dren and or their grandchildren dren trips abroad They will make wonderful new friends whom they never would know otherwise and will be- be become become come far more aware of the differences and the similar similar- among sties the various pea peo- peoples pIes ples of the earth What could be more broadening for young alert minds than such sucha a wonderful experience I consider this one of the finest investments that older people can make in the future of their younger heirs I have traveled widely my- my myself myself self having been to most of the important countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain Never have I taken a trip without coming home with the feeling that I have learned a great deal that I could not possibly have learned any other way If you want to take a trip yourself or it if you want to give a trip to a rela rela- rela relative tive as a gift I advise you to todeal todeal deal with a travel agency in inor inor or near a city close too to where you live Details will be tak- tak taken taken en care of for you whether the trip is to be by ship plane or some of each You will find that you can often otten get alternative possibilities mak mak- making ing the actual decisions later Your local travel agency will keep you posted |