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mented, must' certainly be The total trips beginning during this
Southam Newspapers' summary, month, August ' and September
of a detailed study of the -travel have 11' percent each, MO/ember-
habits of 85,000 Canadian. "off- member and,May have'10 per
shore" travellers., cent each and June 9 per cent.
The highlights Of- the study January was,chosen in 4 per cent
whichwias'based on 40,150 separ of the trips.
ate trips from' Ottawa, Hamilton, Apart from business expenses,
Winnipeg,:. Calgary and Ed- ' 17 per cent of all the, trips had a
monton with monthly expend- personal expenditure of $2,000 or
}tures: o€$5,100:00 by an° average more; 40 per cent cost' between
of 7,050 travellers are as follows: $1,000 and $2,000; 43 per cent cost
less than $1,000.
Destinations; •' An automobile was rented. on
United ",Kingdom :19,400;'`West almost 11,000 of the trips or 25 per
Germany 8,400; France 6,600; cent Of the total. The majority of
Italy 5,700; Holland' 5,3004 Bei- rentals, just over 4,300 were for
giui'n:2,200: Sweden-NorwayFin- three days to one week, while 10 -
land 1,900; Spain 1,600; Denmark . 12 day rentals amounted to 1,900.
1,200; • 'Greece .900; Ireland 700;Four-week rentals totalled 1,350.
Portugal ' II.. Total `Western �, There is a fairly even distlri-
Europe 54, ' I bution of travel -oriented house=
•Bahamas 2,500; Jamaica 1;900;. holds within several groupings of
Barbados 1,700; Trinidad 940; annual income. The under -$5,000
Bermuda 900; Antigua 600; income group totals 9,200 house-
Puerto Rico 550; Other Carib- holds or 20 per cent of Abe total.
bean 600. Total Caribbean and There are 12,300 (20 :. er cent)
Bahamas 9,700. households in the $5,000 to $6,999
Eastern Europe 7,200; Mexico group, and 10,300 (22 per cent) in
31200; Hawaii 3,100; Australia .the $7,000 to $9,000 income
700; Japan 900; Hong Kong 1,500; bracket. As one might expect, the
Africa 1,500. largest single group of the travel
89 per cent used air lines as < households fall into the over -
their main method of trans- $10,000 per year group with a
por�tation. This amounts to over'
`75,600 passengers.
Of all the trips about 83 per cent
(40,000) were made for pleasure.
Slightly more than 17 per cent of
total trips (8,000) had business as
their main purpose. ,
total of 14,600 households for 31
per cent of the total.
TheKpresence of teenagers and -
or younger children in the family
is not a deterrent to "off -shore"
travel: 54 per cent of the house-
holds from which "off -shore"
On 55 travel originated included teen -
per cent of .the trips, agers and -or younger children.
travellers stayed in hotels, Examining the' households of
lodges, motor hotels and the like. our travellers for the occupation
45 per cent stayed in the homes of of the household -head, we find
friends or relatives. professional people (including
"Off -shore" trips, even with owners and managers) in 12,900
faster transportation facilities, (28 per cent) homes; skilled
are becoming longer in ,duration. workers in 9,300 (20 per cent) and
MOO' 00' (28 per cent of the clerical, unskilled and retired
total) lasted six weeks or more; . people each heading up 10 per
another 13,000 of all trips lasted cent of the homes. Homes with a
between three and four weeks. sales person as the head -of -
60 per cent (28,300) of the "off- household amount to 3,400 or 7
',shore" trips were planned with per cent of all travel households.
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The number of Canadian visi-.
tors to Bermuda showed a
marked increase this August as
the island chainrecorded the
highest number of regular
visitors• in its history.
Regular ' Canadian visitors in-
creased from 2,178 last August to
2,485 this. year. • The largest in-
crease was in the number of
cruise passengers. In August of
last year. 626 cruise passe ngers
arrived rori anada, comparedp
ared
with this,ea's 1;193 ' persons.
(The' Alexander. Pushkin called '
twice in August, put of 'Montreal.)
"August was an exceedingly
goodmonth for Bermuda," said
Director of Tourism W. James
Williams. A total of 44,595 regular
visitors arrived in Bermuda this
August, an increase of 20.44 per
cent over August of last year.
"Cruise. ship arrivals are
down,".Williams.said, "but we do
have extra ships arriving during
the latter part of the year, which
we think will make up part or all
of the total," he concluded.
The Bermuda Hotel Associa-
tion. reported an appreciable in-
crease in occupancy rates for the
month of August,. from 8L6 per
cent last August to 89.4, per cent
this August. The average length
of stay declines slightly,
however, from 5.8 nights in
August 1972 to 5.7 nights this
year.
—Canadian Travel Press.
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RAYMOND MAGUIRE
General Maurager,
Turnberry Hotel
Turnberry. Ayrshire,
Scotland. '
In
law, Scotland's :colorful
monarch, King Robert the Bruce,
was 'on-the-runfrom his enemies.
And legend has it that while
hiding in a cave on Rathlin
Island, off the Irish Boast, he Was
impressed by the guts , and
patience of .a spider who was
having a tough time spinning a
web.
Inspired by 'the incident, the
regal warrior decided on another
try. He sailed for Scotland's west
coast and with 300• followerss sur-
prised the English occupation
force, sacked Turnberry Castle,
and from then on never looked
back.
. Eight years later at Burma -
burn, he soundly whipped Eng-
land's King Edward II giving
Scotland her independence once
More. •
That's what determination' will
do for you.
North Americans landing, at
Prestwick Airport, also on .Seot-
land's west coast, ire usually
quite determined too. Deter-
mined: romantics; golfers; ang-
lers; historians; yachtsmen(;
bird -watchers; naturalists; liter-
° arybuffs, and just plain deter-
mined vacationers.
They too head -for the castle—
en route to Turnberry Hotel.
Unlike the castle, the hotel, isn't
crumbling. In fact, 'quoting
Travel Weekly's Shann Davies:
"The• Turnberry Hotel might be
sixty-eight years old,, but I defy
anyone to detect any wear and
tear:" This tends to support ear-
lier•,observations by the London.
Daily Telegraph that BTH is the
best 'run nationwide hotel group
in the U.K.: with very•high stan-
dards. But then' we should be,
we've been at it for more than a
century. •
Turnberry Hotel, home to the
and my family, is set in a 600 acre
tot t a:aR
,positioned
ed
on the
-coasHuit•19 miles
'rtwick Airport.
By Scottish standards a big
hotel, - Turnberry's virtually a
self-contained resort, -=friendly
and relaxed. And although all the
guest' rooms have been moder-
nized; including: new bathrooms,`
heating and television the res-
taurant, bar and other public
rooms \1retain the spacious ele-
gance of Edwardian times.
The Ayrshire "coast, known as
,the Gold Coast, enjoys the finest
climate in Scotland. Palm trees
and tropical plants grow here.
And in summer while bathing
from Turnberry's 'beach caba-
nas, you may be surprised to find
the sea warmer than you'd ex-
pect. It's the Gulf Stream's influ-
ence.
Since the climate is so mild, '
Turnberry • is a winter refuge:
ideal for seminars, sales -meet-
ings, and conferences. These
activities often need a focal -point
such as a golf tournament. And
our two' championship courses,
the Ailsa (par 71) and the Arran
(par 69) provide such a highlight.
For above all, Turnberry is ac-
claimed for its golf:
According to the 1963 American
Walker Cup Team, majestic Ail-
sa is "the best course in the
world" but they won! Whereas
Arnold Palmer apparently ex-
pressed a similar sentiment,
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even though , The John Player
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nament—eluded hi n, bete in
September 1972.
The charm of golf is not only
the game but the scene about 3, ou r
as you play. 'Turnberry doesn't
fall short -a sort, of Scottish Cy-
press Point with a white•,light-
house standing in for -that famous
tree. -
Between the Ailsa, and the
Arran you'll have a day's golf you.
won't .let anybody forget for a
long time. But if that's not
enough, Troon and Prestwick-.
° also famous on the championship
circuit -are close -by and' with a
car at your disposal and the Scot-
tish Tourist Board publication
Scotland' :Rome of Golf in your
hand, you'll find 147 golf courses
within fifty miles of Turnberry.
Golf Was not Robert Burns'
game. 'But whether you be
literary or thirsty, you can enjoy
a visit to. • the 'haunts of the
world-famous Poet of the ''Com.-
mon Man. In a morning's:• drive
from the hotel you'll see his
birthplace, the auld clay biggin in
Alloway, and nearby a :museb m
housing a major collection of
relics. A. little further down the
road, the Burns' ;'Monument by
the delightful htful � Brig o 'D
g ,old � g o oonr
And in the graveyard of the
ruined auld kirk is 'the family
tombstone. '•
On the way back to Turnberry
for lunch stop off in Kirkoswald
where Souter Johnnie's cottage,
of Tam o'Shanter' fame, can be
visited. You'll still make it back
in time for salmon or trout fresh
from local rivers or fat ' lobsters
from Ballantrae or prime Scotch
beef from the hills of Galloway
nearby.
It is said that the late President
Eisenhower enjoyed Ayrshire.
Certainly, he was granted a life- .
time apartment in Culzean (pro -
flounced Cullane) Castle—one .of
Scotland's finest Adam Houses
just threemiles from Turnberry.
CertainlY
hewas agolfe
r. Bu
t
=
whether he actually visited . all
ten museums;. eleven castles;
four prehistoric monuments; five
ancient churches; and three
towns of historic interest in the
area isn't certain. Whether he.
enjoyed water- skiing sailing,
pony -trekking, or going to the
races, .1 don't know:
But. I'm prepared to bet, he was
familiar with peaceful fields and
woodlands where mountain
streams tumble among heath-
er -covered hills. And like all who
visit here, was held in awe of
magnificent sunsets framing the
peaks of the Western Isles
off -shore.
RAGS TO RICHES
In the summer of 1059 Ray. •.
Maguire, from Athlone in Eire,
vacationed In. Scotland --ran out
of money—and got job as a
bus -boy at .` turial)ea'd Aotel.
Re was usele as o ous-boy but
obviously demonstrated potential
in other directions as IOU
decided' to groom him fur
management. He trained in
England and at the Bristol Hotel
in Vienna.
• Kyle-of.Loachalsh Hotel, facing
the Isle of Skye, was his. first
managerial post. That was in 1967
and since then he has managed
other BM (Scottish Group) prol.
perties in Glasgow, Dumfries and
Sty Andrews,
This year, Ray returned to the
spot where our story began—.
Turnberry. But he's wealthier
this time around: he has a wife'
and two lovely children,, Bean
and Vanessa.
---Editor.
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