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Fiji More Tourists Stay Longer

ie tourist industry in Fiji con ss to boom. gures were up for 1958 —transit engers increasing by 47 per cent. 1957, while visitors who stayed to four months increased by 21 cent. eryone expects to do even better year—with three newcomers to cruising ships, in addition to the 1 P. & O. and Orient cruises. iyal Interocean Line’s “John van nbarnefelt” will make two Pacific >es. in the course of which 24 s will be spent at Suva. “J.v.0.” es about 1,000 tourist class pas ers and for years has been on Amsterdam-Australia migrant run. ;yer, more recently, she has been ?ing in round-the-world voyages— via Suez, home via Panama, elaide Steamship Co. has informed Fiji Hibiscus Festival Committee it will send a cruise ship from ralia, staying four days, e 1959 event will be the fourth cus Festival. It was begun in as a one-day affair that didn’t mt to very much more than wear ■ gay “bula” shirt or an hibiscus rned dress, but by 1958 had grown n eight-day event. This year it ae Sept. 26, to Oct. 3.