Tahiti-In English And French

EVERYTHING that the traveller, tourist, researcher, scholar, merchant, or permanent resident usually wants to know about Tahiti is contained in the sth edition of the Official Directory and Guide Book for Tahiti, compiled and published by Bernard Covit (BP 602, Papeete, Tahiti).

This book has over 300 pages, carrying a mass of data about Tahiti neatly arranged and indexed. It is mostly in English—necessarily so, because it is designed primarily one supposes for the tourist traffic— but there are important sections in French also for traders and residents in French Oceania generally. It even includes a telephone directory.

Bert Covit, an enterprising young American publisher, has been pro-

ducing this guide and directory for several years now; and his work evidently is appreciated by the Tahitian people, because the book in cludes a remarkable number of strik ing and beautifully printed advertise ments.

French business people usually are regarded as being a bit conservative; but apparently, when it comes to publicising and developing their valu able tourist traffic, they do not hesitate to produce new ideas and spend their money freely.

In the introduction to the directory there are interesting and stimulating messages from the Governor, the Deputy, and the Senator for French Polynesia; and other evidence of good will towards tourists generally. The

price of the book is SUS2.25.

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