Word: travelled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quoted as saying that the cost of travel within the U.S. remains the largest problem we have in attracting more visitors. Let me clarify: it is the presumed high cost that creates the problem, not the actual cost. By and large, travel costs in this country compare quite favorably with those overseas...
...Travel Service Washington...
When times are good, people travel, and the prestige of uniformed people like customs officers is low. This is reflected in the travelers' treatment of us, and in spite of orders, an occasional officer will rough back at it. We are educating our officers -but who is educating the public? Courtesy is a two-way street...
...miles of freeways snake their way through the city's environs. Los Angeles County now has 3,900,000 autos for a population of 7,000,000, and the number is growing faster than the human population. There is little public transport; less than 8% of Angelenos travel to and from work by public transport v. 54% of New Yorkers. The auto, of course, is ihe main contributor to the city's infamous smog, which keeps spreading-despite a recent requirement for exhaust devices-simply because the number of vehicles is increasing so fast...
...expecting one of its busiest and most profitable years, was hit even harder than the airlines, lost an estimated $1.6 billion. Occupancy in leading Puerto Rico hotels fell 25% below normal; some Miami Beach hotels, shops and restaurants were half empty. American Express reported a sharp drop in travel bookings for the fall and winter. California flower growers, source of a quarter of the nation's floral supply, and dependent on air freight to deliver their fragile crop, lost $1,000,000 a week in sales to out-of-state customers...