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Canadian Forestry Journal, August, 191', 



TAKAKKAU FALLS, 

 YOHO PARK 



the Italian Chamber of Deputies 

 advocated that a State Tourist Bur- 

 eau should be created by the Govern- 

 ment, as one of the easiest and most 

 desirable means of increasing the 

 national income. 



The case of Switzerland is the most 

 evident example of what the posses- 

 sion of exceptional natural scenery 

 may mean. Before the development 

 of modern travel Switzerland was a 

 poor and struggling country, depend- 

 ent chiefly on her lace and jewellery 

 industries for a livelihood. The ad- 

 vent of the tourist brought a pros- 

 perity which was felt throughout the 

 entire country and which was es- 

 pecially beneficial to the peasant 

 class. Whole districts where the peo- 

 ple had formerly with difficulty eked 

 out a scantv living, were able to sub- 



sist in comfort by catering to the 

 needs of foreign visitors. 



Uncle Sam Sightseeing 



A large share of this wealth came 

 from this continent. The great gulf 

 stream of tourist travel which flowed 

 across the Atlantic in the decade 

 preceeding 1914, is estimated to have 

 carried between $300,000,000 and 

 $500,000,000 per year to the shores 

 of the Old World. A foreign mar- 

 ket which was worth $500,000,000 

 w^ould receive the respectful attention 

 of any government. 



In addition it must be remembered 

 that in the case of natural scenery 

 the capital stock does not diminish 

 with use. It is a veritable Fortun- 

 atus' purse. No matter how much 

 is disposed of there is always the 

 same wealth left. In fact, its value 

 tends rather to increase with use, 



