Evening star., 1937-03-07
Travel RECORDS
DUE WITH SPRING
Early Reservations Become
Essential as Season Widens
Tourist Urge.

spurred by the coronation and the
early events in Europe or the open
Winter, which is turning thoughts
toward early Spring, the travel in
dustry is pushing ahead its calendar
In what promises to be the earliest
Spring and Summer activities in its
history, according to the monthly sur
vey forecast on world travel tendencies,
released this week by the American
Express Co.
1.-The hum of early travel vibration
Is being felt by the most complacent
traveller, who is needing the advice Of
bis tourist counsellor and transit Off
cial for early reservation" states
Douglas Malcolm of the travel service,
who predicts that March will see
Europe's facilities we'll booked for the
Summer, with Summer cruises to
South America covered by reservation.
Citing how throughout all Europe
Summer travel plans are being ad-
vanced from six to eight weeks earlier
than any period of modern journeying,
the survey places April as the magi-
clans month in turning Summer
travel into Spring.
Many Cruises Listed.
Supplementing the confused season.
able picture is the additional listing Of
short mid-Winter and pring cruises,
with the early announcements of Sum-
mer cruises For the shipping lanes Of
the West Indies, gulf coast and South
America, the Canadian Pacific Lines
will add to its short cruise series a
special 12-day voyage sailing April 6,
with the Canadian National extending
its series to April, which will bring
the combined March and AplN lists
to the record total Of 96 regular, 81
cruise tours and SIS special cruises.
Advance bookings for the Mediter-
ranean indicate that many are to visilt
the renowned shores before the coro-
nation, as reported by the American
Export Lines and the Italian Line.
Among the ocean items of note was
the February 20 sailing of the S. S.
Bremen, which marked the eightieth
year of service of the German Lloyd
Lines. completing record of 8.133744
passengers carried across the Atlantic
since the first Bremen made her
maiden voyage to New York in 1858.
The French Line will inaugurate new
passenger service to Cobb, Ireland,
effective with the sailing of the recon-
ditioned liner De Grasse from New
York on June 8.
The intercoastal trade tween At
lantic and Pacific ports and the Paci-
f1c Far East and South Sea channels
a mi
flag ships for the first time since Mo-
vember strike activities. Travel has
been resumed with the boom and Is
spectacular feature in reservations ex-
tending to July, as reported by all
lines, with Hawaii extending its tour
tst quota to 10000 expected visitors
this year The u-ge Of the early sea-
son is reflected by the newly an
nounced programs for Al: ska, which
are to start activities ahead Of last
season, with the extension of the
Northland's scope of tourist interest
to all parts of the East and South.
Florida Travel Gains.
White Europe stages an early sea-
son of home lures; the Spring and
land and Continental ports exceed
in number the list of last year, dis
tinguished by the largest number OF
Holy Week voyages since 1927. The
French Line from Havre has COM
pleted arrangements for seven Summer
Baltic cruises, with the fj0rdS in Scan
dinavia to be visited in early Summer
voyages from Liverpool, Southampton,
German and Italian ports. AS March
turns attention to Spring in the gen.
eral field of travel, Florida transit
companies report increases from 80
to so per cent over the correspond
ing period Of last season, with the
heaviest reservation extending to April.
A survey conducted this week gives
Florida's resort hotels a general 35
per cent advance booking over March
of last year. Preparations for Summer
domestic travel are feelin~ the tempo
of early activity. Prominent in the
railroad programs will be a widely In
creased number Of rail tours. with
many roads scheduling as many as
three major events a week. to include
resorts, national parks, with exten-
sions to Alaska and Mexico.
The cities of South America. with
quick perception Of the possibilities
of air transport and the attention
focused by the Peace Conference, are
organizing to attract tourists. The
Summer advantages of the Southern
republics are to be set forth for the
first time in organized efforts. While
February witnessed stream OF travel
by air from Miami, plane officials see
the beginning of a two-way traffic for
South American pleasure travel. Both
Europe and America will find air
travel an increasing factor in tourist
transit this Summer, which is shown
by the newly announced Continental
and Baltic Service, the extended Bal
kan Service, the French New Service
to the Near East and this weeks cele-
bration Of the American Air Lines as
the first transportation company to
record million Passengers.
Europe Makes Economy Bid.
Throughout Europe concessions are
vying with concessions for the tourist
trade Drastically reduced rail fares,
WIN uDeral SCOp-CVer privileges, are
only part of the tourist lure granted
by England, Switzerland, Germany,
Italy and France.
Latest advices from London indicate
that as many as 10,0Co coronation
visitors will witness the event from
mooring accommodations in the
Thames. Between Gravesend and
London Bridge, provisions have been
made for IS ships, with other visit
ing ships to be accommodated in this
weeks new allotment of space between
Gallons Reach and London Bridge.
Sweden, which recorded so per cent
increase in tourist traffic in 1886 over
1885. is making special preparations
for early travel by exploiting the June
advantage seen in its early Summer
lands and is statistically correcting the