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...schema on the Church in the Modern World, the Vatican Council should take note of the ecumenical value of tourism "because it is a new phenomenon and one capable of producing much good." This proposal last week by Bishop Giuseppe Garneri of Susa, Italy, could only be applauded by Europe's businessmen, though they are more interested in economics than ecumenism. They are totting up the results of a season that, while sunny for some of them, shows the need for some new approaches by others. In the 20 European nations that entertain two-thirds of the world...
...Losers. In France, 1964 will be a great year for wine-but not tourism...
...estimated 6,500,000 this year-but they have cut their average stay from six days to only three, and spending has dropped 20% along the Riviera. To save on hotel and restaurant bills many visitors took the do-it-yourself approach to tourism, camping out in their own gear. At the same time, "Le Boom" enabled 10 million Frenchmen to travel abroad, almost half of them to Spain. Result: France's foreign-exchange surplus from tourism dropped from $200 million in 1962 to about $80 million this year...
...island's labor unions in the turbulent 1930s, the government has an ambitious, five-year plan for new schools, hospitals, roads and housing. Shrewd tax benefits have attracted foreign companies to Jamaica -Esso has opened an $18 million refinery, Sterling Drug and International Telephone & Telegraph are building plants. Tourism is thriving, will probably hit about 230,000 people this year. But last year's overall economic growth rate fell short of the plan's intended 5% annual gain, and there are other worries...
...rate of 6.3% annually, almost twice as fast as its exploding population. Its prospering industry has diversified into everything from petrochemicals to textiles and electronics, has made Mexico self-sufficient in steel and oil, and this year is expected to turn out 80,000 cars and trucks. Tourism, which brought in $463 million in 1963, is up more than 10% so far this year. LÓpez Mateos predicted that the year to come will be better still-and no one was prepared to doubt...