Evening star., 1938-10-02
TRAVEL PICKS UP
TO OSOUTH AMERICA
Liners of Sea and of Air
Plan Busy Season in
Peaceful Country.

MIAMI, Oct. lin preparation for
what may we'll prove to be the busiest
tourist travel season to the Southern
Americas experienced thus far, trans
portation companies and travel bu-
reaus have arranged record Offering
Of sea and air cruises to South
America.
Already nine special steamship cruises
to South American ports, and more
than 70 to points in the Caribbean
have been announced-these in addi-
ton to all-expense cruises which may
be had on regular sailings to Latin
American ports every week in some
cases and fortnightly in others A
series OF all-eXpense air cruises over
the international routes Of Pan-Ameri-
can Airways provides score of short,
medium and long tours Of the Latin
Americas.
Vessels scheduled for special cruises
to South America include the Nieuw
Amsterdam with two trips planned to
ports along the east coast and one
in which the entire circle OF South
America will be made and passengers
will be taken through the Strait of
Magellan: the Empress of Australia,
two trips; the Gripsholm, making a
circle tour, and side trip 125 miles
up the Amazon; the Normandie,
which will call at Rio de Janeiro again
his year: the Bremen, making circle
OF the continent, and the Kungsholm.
Air Travel Gains Seen.
In the air phase of travel to the
Vest Indies, Mexico, Central America
and South America, Pan-American
Always is making ready for an antici-
pated increase of at least 80 per cent
over the 10000 passengers carried
over its network in these areas in
the six months of late 1887 and early
1888, embracing the winter tourist
season. A similar increase seems likely
over the 225,O00 total for passenger
traffic over the entire Pan-American
AirWays System in the calendar year
1897.
A new feature in international air
travel available for the winter season
coast-to-coast trip from New York to
California, via Cuba and Mexico. Such
trip may be accomplished in less than
the time required to travel between
the two coasts by train But a better
way of doing it is to schedule the
journey as a Today trip with STOP
overs selected from among the follow
lrg: Miami, with its beaches, sports
events and many attractions for the
winter tourist visitors; Havana. city of
typical Latin charm, night life and
tropical scenery; Merida, on the Yu-
catan peninsula of Yucatan, with side
trips to view the amazing Mayan ruins;
Mexico City. with its cosmopolitan at
mosphere and the mixture of ancient
and modern civilizations in its public
buildings; Guadalajara, the Mexican
Dresden and the smaller cities be-
tween Mexico City and Los Angeles,
including Mazatlan, Hermosillo and
Mexicali.
This leisurely way of travelling be-
tween the two coasts of the United
States is typical of international air
travelling in general.
Little Time Spent in Air.
Pan-American Airways has found
that its tourist travellers use no more
than Is per cent Of their time in ac-
tual travel The air traveller on the
international routes flies only during
the daylight hours, and in many cases
only until midafternoon, and has the
evenings on the ground at his own dis
posal in addition to the days which he
elects to use as stopovers-in all about
IS per cent of his time, in an average
journey.
This travel principle has been used
as an outstanding feature of the all
expense air tours mapped out for
travel to Latin America this winter,
which are the most comprehensive
ever offered for the air traveller. and
which lend themselves to the travellers
convenience by providing the utmost
in flexibility And if the standard
tours do not provide just what the in
dividual traveller wants, his travel
agent can arrange for revision in the
!ntlnerary to make it fit, for each
traveler is on his own, or with his own
Troup Of family or friends. There are
20 mass movements involved in the
.ir tours.
All expense" in the case of an air
our to Latin America, means that the
rice paid before departure covers all
transportation costs, including any
supplemental steamer or rail trans
portation, hotel accommodations,
meals, transfers by automobile or
otherwise between airports, hotels,
docks and railroad stations, and sight
seeing. The sightseeing trips are in
private automobiles. If you are max
ing such tour by yourself, car and
an English-speaking guide are at your
sole disposal-if you have a party of
two or more, this is provided for your
party. The expenses are less, per per-
son, II the trip is made by two or more
travelling together
Fl to 46 Day Tours.
The tours range in length from 81
to 4e days.
The most elaborate all-expense air
tour of the Latin Americas ever
made up in package" form for in
ternational tourists is this years
grand air tour" which takes the
tourist on a 46-day trip from either
Los Angeles or Brownsville to Mexico
City, thence through Central Amer
ica. to the Canal Zone. down the
west coast Of South America to Santi-
ago, across the Andes to Buenos
Aires, northward to Rio de Janeiro,
through Brazil and the Guianas to
Trinidad and then by way of the