Diario las Américas

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tinguished editor and journalist, as

minister of tourism. Magloire, who

for four years was a political exile

in New York, heads the first com

pletely independent department

devoted exclusively to the promo

tion of tourism, which is the is

land republic’s second industry in

importance.

Taking a cue from the Presi

dent’s announced goal of 1,000,000

tourist days a year 100,000 vis

itors staying an average of ten

days Minister Magloire drew up

a budget of 2,50,000 gourdes, or

$500,000, which is more than dou

ble previous appropriations.

Travel to Haiti diminished

greatly during the 10 months of

political turmoil which preceded

the inauguration in October of

President Duvalier, an eminent

physician who has the respect of

both the city and mountain peo

ple. With the country now tran

quil and anxious to restore the im

portant tourist trade, some of the

finest vacation and shopping bar

gains in the Caribbean are now

available in Haiti.

Magloire told Pan American

World Airways officials he hopes

to advance tourism to the No. 1

place in Haitian economy. Coffee

production is traditionally the

most important money-maker for

the island, with tourism second

and sugar third. To succeed in re

legating coffee to second place, the

HEMISPHERIC EVENTS

Latin American News in Brief

PAA TO SERVE TURKEY

DINNERS ON BOARD ITS

PLANES ON CHRISTMAS

Nearly 1,000 turkey dinners

with all the fixin’s will be served

high in the skies Christmas Day

aboard Pan American World Air

ways’ Latin American Clippers.

The dinners are prepared in

Miami, frozen, packed and dis

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-12-13. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-12-13/ed-1/?sp=14

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-12-13.