Word: vacationist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Going south in the winter once meant Florida. But more and more, the fast-multiplying North American species, the Winter Vacationist, is migrating to the vast scattering of islands in the sun known loosely as the Caribbean...
...place to go to with adequate eating and sleeping accommodations was something of an achievement; it was par for the course if the beach turned out to be ten miles from the nearest hotel and the sand flies seemed insatiable. But today, with the increasing sophistication of the U.S. vacationist and the enterprise of the developers, the Caribbean offers something for everybody. In the bigger centers, new hotels provide the best in air-conditioned comfort and sophisticated food for those who want cocktail-lounge luxury, the dim-lit excitement of a gambling casino, and the best floor shows east...