On Norfolk Is.
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Tourist Trade On Norfolk Is.
Threatened ?
By a Special Correspondent With the introduction of a
ekly plane service between
istralia, New Zealand and irfolk Island, it seemed that irfolk was well on its way to :oming a haven for tourists
• duty-free luxury goods.
UT recent announcements by Aus tralian retailers of photographic lipment may affect the island’s ure as a tourist centre, rhe retailers are disturbed about allegedly steady stream of photo phic equipment particularly neras and projectors flowing m Norfolk Island for re-sale in stralia. fhey claim this is depressing the stralian market to the detriment local retailers. \ccording to the photographic de publication Photo Trade News, German camera manufacturer in remburg has agreed to proposals eliminate Norfolk Island as source his goods. fhe manufacturer’s Norfolk Island nt has been told that in future he i only obtain supplies from the stralian agent and not direct from rmany. •JSW nhotographic retailers are ap ently well pleased by this result I are now pressing for concessions other fields. liey have asked the Minister for stoms, Senator Henty, for the right sell equipment to .bona-fide travel i under the same conditions as se applying at duty-free shops at irnational airports. ~he greatly increased number of
tourists to Norfolk during the past two years has been largely due to the ettorts of Norfolk s importers. . lid is to be clamped down on their sales, the island may again slump into the economic doldrums.
It is obvious that any success in choking off Norfolk’s imports of one category may in turn be applied to another. .
Austrahan radio retailers would no doubt be delighted to restrict the considerable sale of radios, radiograms and TV sets on Norfolk Island.
Norfolk Island’s importers seem to
have committed the cardinal sin of achieving too much success at a time when the Australian mainland has been under an economic trading pall, This has applied particularly to photographic supplies as Australian retailers are facing increasing corn petition from department stores and chain stores, , .
It will be interesting to hear Japan ese reaction to any suggestion that Norfolk should no longer be supplied direct from Japan, as a wide variety of Japanese cameras are offered for sale on the island.