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 Winter passes and the time draws
near. The simple tourist is often
innocent of the fact that most
countries in the world have become
tourist-conscious. For months now,
each country has been advertising its
beaches and cities, its ruins and
resorts, in a frantic endeavor to
make ends meet. It does its best to measure up to
the
tourist’s preconceived notions of
what he will find on arrival. So it
goes out of its way to provide him
with“typical”scenes:  that is“typical” peasants
in“typical” costumes
and
customs that should have
fallen into decay long ago,
but have been given a new
lease of life to add to local color. representative of the
tourist organization give the
traveler a hearty welcome
the moment he arrives, and
the vendors of trinkets and
souvenirs do a brisk trade.
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measure up to