Word: tourism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...huge bell atop Florence's Palazzo Vecchio pealed tumultuously one night last week, sending cheering Florentines into the streets to celebrate a victory over Roman bureaucracy and a triumph for local art and tourism. The Italian government, which had assembled 33 Italian masterpieces* for a good-will tour of Washington's National Gallery and Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum, had bowed to the storm of protest from Italians who wanted their treasures kept right at home, suspended plans to send the show abroad until scientific tests could be made to guarantee that no harm would come...
...Finance Minister Antonio Carrillo Flores reported that Mexico's dollar balance now stands at $431 million and is still rising. Metals, coffee and tourism led the way as dollar earners, and just since September the balance jumped $20 million...
This marker was the first of 300 such guideposts to be erected in Israel, linking the busy present to the Old Testament past. Thus they will give modern Israelis a morale-boosting sense of their ancient glories. Still more important, perhaps, they will make tourism more rewarding for tourists-and tourists more rewarding for Israel. General Yigael Yadin, archaeologist and war hero who advises the government on historical matters, spelled it out for reporters. "Put yourself in the shoes of a person who was weaned on Bible stories. He dreams of visiting the places he has heard about since childhood...
...home. U.S. tourists last year spent $100 overseas for every $36 that foreign nations received in aid from the U.S. Government. Reed contends that the spread can be increased still more through what he calls "Point Five-the economic power of the U.S. consumer directed to overseas nations through tourism." As a result, Reed is welcomed by foreign government officials as a genie who magically produces dollars-with a little effort and investment on their part. Many European countries are now earning more dollars from U.S. tourists than from any other source; e.g., the $126 million Britain expects...
Your article quoting Gov. Collins-"Florida stands on three sturdy legs. Tourism. Industry. Agriculture"-brings to mind a conversation with a Florida taxi driver. He said, "Florida has three assets. Oranges. Alligators. Tourists. And by gosh, we skin...