Evening star., 1946-06-09

the popular vacation months; the
demand for cruises on the St.
Lawrence, the Great Lakes, the Ohio
and Mississippi has been greater
than ever before; dude ranches will
have the busiest season in their
history.
Even if you are going as you
please in your own car, my best
advice Is that you make your plans
carefully with view to your over
night stops, otherwise you may
spend much Of your pleasure travel
time looking for beds. This same
rule applies If you are motoring In
Canada or Mexico.
Hundreds of thousands of travel
hungry Americans are impatiently
awaiting the time they may return
to their old favorite haunts in
Europe. This year is not that time
The European countries are doing
everything possible to rehabilitate
their tourist facilities but they are
faced with many difficulties, among
which food and housing shortages
are most important. Switzerland is
now able to accommodate a good
number of travellers, and tourists
from the British Isles will be going
there this summer. Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark to lesser degree
can provide for visitors; reconstruc-
ton is proceeding rapidly in France.
Great Britain, in the midst of a
travel boom comparable to our own,
has all it can do to look after its
own vacationers this summer and
Is not yet prepared for tourists from
our side of the Atlantic.
Another year will tell another
story; by 1947 there should be ample
passenger accommodations on the
Atlantic, Europe should be ready
for Americans and our State De-
partment will then consider it ap-
propriate to issue passports for
pleasure travel to the Old World
Looking to the future, it is certain
that air tours will make European
trips practical for thousands of two
week vacationers who heretofore
have never had the time to go over
AS for the rest of the world, giver
reasonably stable political condi.
tions. tourism will not be long de.
ferred. The Matson Line and Par
American Always have already re.
sumed regular passenger services tt
Hawaii. Hotels in the islands re.
quire rehabilitation, but this will
not take long. Hawaii will AGAR
become q paradise for sunshine
seekers.
To Wars Outposts.
The prewar cruise route via Ha.
waii to Samoa, Fiji, New Zealanc
and Australia should be available
again by 1947 and we may expect
that cruise ships of the future will
visit New Caledonia, the Solomon
Islands, New Guinea and the Bis.
marck Archipelago, all of which
played important parts in the Pa.
cific War.
The major places of tourist in.
terest in Japan. China, the Neither.
lands East Indies, Indo- China, Sian
and Malaga are still in being. Tn,
Philippines, though faced will
serious reconstruction problems, ar,
already making plans for an ex
pansion Of tourist trafic. India an,
Ceylon suffered little damage dur
ing the war. The creation of ney
ports on the Persian Gulf and tn
building Of the Trans -Iranian Rail
way should serve to open a new doc
to world travellers of the future
making it possible for them t.
visit regions that were remote from
cruise ships. And so around t
Egypt, the great globe girdler
route will soon reopen with ney
sidelights to make it more interest
ing than ever before.
Already Thos. Cook & Son hav
re established their Offices a
Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singa
pore. Airlines will tend to speet
up the processes of reconstructio,
and, sooner than you think, cruis
ships will again be sailing arount
the world.
To sum up the discussion of goin,
places this summer: Go anywher
you like within the Western Hemi
sphere, provided you are luck
enough to get reservations befor
they are all gone. To Europe an,
the rest of the world, not thi
summer, but perhaps a year from
now or even sooner. Who knows
You may fly to Switzerland thi
winter for skiing at st. Moritz, o
to Cairo for afternoon tea.