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...Bermuda he shuns taxicabs and put-puts around on rented motor scooters. In the Virgin Islands he ducks the fancy restaurants and lunches on a sandwich at the beach. In Puerto Rico he chooses a poolside beer over a banana daiquiri. His credentials: an economy-flight air ticket and a fistful of travel-agency coupons. This is the summer tourist. And thrifty though he may be, he is creating a bustling new industry from Bermuda and the Caribbean west to Mexico-a sun belt better known for its winter lures than its summer tours. Says a busy Nassau hotel manager...
Castles & Cottages. Why the summer boom? Bermuda has had it for years, and recognizes no real "season." Until recently, however, tourists rarely ventured farther south for the summer...
...time spenders. "In the winter they buy Royal Crown Derby," says a Virgin Islands china-shop owner. "In the summer, it's Heinrich." Social directors sometimes grouse that the summer people are unschooled in resort life. "They don't play golf or tennis," complains one Bermuda hotelman. "They don't sail, water ski, swim or skindive. They're spectators, TV watchers and sunbathers. You have to show them how to have...
...Average August temperatures: Mexico City 70°, Barbados 80°, Bermuda 80°, San Juan 81°, Virgin Islands and Kingston 82°, Nassau...
...Dallas air, Nicklaus' drives almost soared out of sight; the day before the tournament started, he won a driving contest and set a P.G.A. record by booming a ball 341 yds. off the tee. He blasted boldly out of the dry, soft traps, handled the wiry Bermuda rough with ease. But in the end it was Nicklaus' putting that won for him. Trailing Australia's Crampton by three strokes with 18 holes to play, Nicklaus ran in an 18-ft. putt for an eagle on the first hole; he sank a 12-footer for a birdie...