Evening star., 1939-09-24
More Air Travel
To South America
Forecast by War
Europe's 'BIockout'
Expected to Turn
Americans Southwurd

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-As q re-
suit Of the war in Europe, curtail-
ment Of steamship service and Of an
increasing interest in South America
manifested by American travellers
during this years summer season,
an unprecedented increase in air
travel to South America is expected
for the coming season by trafiic ON
iials Of Pan-American Always and
its associate company, Pan-Amer-
ican-Grace Anyways.
Many Of the travellers who will
now turn to South America as q
convenient vacation place will travel
by air, ofhcials Of these airlines
maintain. According to Pan-Amer-
ican-Grace Anyways, the number of
passengers travelling over its route
from Cristobal, Canal Zone, to
Buenos Aires in July of this year was
81 per cent higher than In July, 1888,
while figures for the first two weeks
OF August, the latest available, show
a So per cent increase over the cor
responding period last year.
Although part of this increase was
due to heavier traffic between South
American countries and within Ger
tain countries, the bulk of the in
crease, officials say, was due to a
greater number of tourists who
either flew around South America
or Travelled by ship to the Panama
Canal and from there proceeded by
plane down the West Coast of South
America. Pan-American Airways,
operating in the Caribbean and
down the East Coast to Rio de
Janeiro and Buenos Aires, showed
a similar increase this year.
Ship Accommodation Limited.
1t Is thought unlikely that the
present capacity of steamships be-
longing to neutral nations will be
sufficient to carry even the average
number Of American winter tour
lists. without counting the increased
number OF tourists who are expected
to visit South America this year
instead Of going to Europe.
Aside from the situation In Eu-
rope, strong factor in the increase
OF air travel to South America, ac-
cording to Pan American officials.
Is the new interest taken by the
American public in all things con-
corning South America together
with realization of the convenience
and comfort of air travel. Insofar
as the west coast of South America
is. concerned, the recent increase TN
travel to this part of the continent
Is due to a great extent to the Pan
American conference held at Lima
last December AS a result of this
conference. Pan American-Grace
chicials point out, the attention of
the American public was focused,
for the first time perhaps, on a part
OF the world hitherto little known
in the United States, just as a few
wears previously many Americans
learned Of Rio de Janeiro and
Buenos Aires because of the Pan
American peace conference held in
the Argentine capital.
lAAoolAC1 AApOI Idut 1dCCOI, OIuCldH
point out. in the increase of tourist
travel to South America. are the
Around South America" all-ex-
pense tours put into effect last year
throughout the Pan American Air
ways System, by means of which a
traveller booking passage in the
United States can travel to all the
important points in Central and
South America without the necessity
OF incurrlng extra expenses en- route
or OF having to arrange side trips
and other bothersome incidentals
when he arrives at each point.
Ranging from the 21-day tour to
the grand tour requiring only 46
days, these tours allow the passenger
to stay a convenient length of time