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Show Pacific Ocean Travel Boom One cf . the most ilgnifcant results re-sults of the turmoil in Eurcp ( ' is the increase in ccean travel, fro-ii American Pacific ports. In .um-rable .um-rable tourttj who would o.h:r-wis.j o.h:r-wis.j have vi it d France, Germany, Italy and England, Pre turning instead to Hawaii. Samoa, . Fiji, Ntfw Zealand and Australia. Thous-a Thous-a da of natives of New Zealand and Australia who were already traveling in Europe and would formally have preceded home via the Suez Canal, canceled res rva-tions, rva-tions, crossed the Atlantic and caught tart . n w American liners from San Franlcisco and Los Angel Ang-el Accomodations on practically all Amer'cor ships- for the Anti-pode.-; and South Sea are filled for this winter s ason. Such an unexpected un-expected boom is a good thing for business all ov:r America and a ble sing to the American Merchant Merch-ant Marine which has to compete with foreign vessels cheaply built and much more, cheaply operated. Many of our ecus' ns from Australia Aus-tralia and New Zealand are seeing see-ing America for the first t'ir.e, b comi g acquainted with American Ameri-can good , Amercan standards of livir.g and American hospitality. This crec tes better under tanding jomcng nations fronting on the Pac fie. Th i Increa e in travel from America to New Zeaand and Australia Aus-tralia caused the cr atlon of special spec-ial travel and tourist bureau? under un-der government control. It is pleas-n; for an American tourist to b: received at a strange port by government men ."-peaking his own lar-jruage ai:cl freeiy giving rid and advice in planrur-g tripe. What is mere, in th: Antipeies th:re is none of th? chrcnio Euro-pj-tfj praetie cf chargini Amtrl-oara Amtrl-oara lour or five. piie, 6 for everything every-thing they pure-ha-f, even to hot 4 acccmodations and meals. For many ma-ny years now Europeai nations have regarded tourists as legitimate pr'y fcr gouging, and many tx-perienc. tx-perienc. d travelers are s leeting other continent: fcr their vacation trips. |