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A75 Travel Tidbits What mature travelers enjoy T1IF. IIOSTON SKPTRMIIF.R By Richard P. Carpenter OU)UK STAKK Or Warn rS'-v. 5 you're a senior citizen who likes your tours to include everything, including a safe destination and no surprises whatsoever. So you're not out I there diving or skiing or hunting wild game.

fes fro That doesn't make you chicken. It doesn't even Advice to go: Always mix family memlHjrs' clothes in each suitcase. Then if a suitcase gets lost, everyone will still have at least one change of clothes. That's the first-prize suggestion in a contest sHnsored by Samsonite luggage. For more packing tips, send a self-addressed, stamped 10 envelope to PO Box 5107, Farmingdale, NY 1 Catching up: We recently noted that sheep outnumlier humans in New Zealand by 20-1.

But newly released figures show that the people are gaining. The ratio has shrunk to 15-1 52.6 million sheep and 3.4 million humans. liookullke: In the last decade, more than 70 American feature films have been shot in Toronto because of cheaper labor costs and leeause the city can look like many others. For example, Toronto recently filled in for Boston in the made-for-TV Spenser movie, "Ceremony." Twenty five of the films made in Toronto since 198; were set in New York City. Did you guess It? Travel trivia answer: More beer is brewed in Metropolitan Denver than anywhere else in the United States.

(Fittingly, the Great American Beer Festival, with lots of testing and tasting, will be held in the city Oct. 8-9.) Travel Tidbit in compiled from wire-service reports, vein releases, books, magazines and thedeeiest recesses of the author's mind. Send comments and questions to Trawl Tidbits, Boston CM, Boston, MA OJ107. make you unusual. A survey for the Yankelovich partners National Travel Monitor shows the following: More than 6 in 10 "mature travelers" those 55 and over want to visit friends and family and go to places where they know the language and can find familiar foods.

Nearly five out of 10 want an all-inclusive price for accommodations, meals and recreation. Forty percent are looking for an opxrturiity to get excercise and go shopping. Thirty percent do seek hiking and outdoor adventures. Only two in 10 put these activities high on their list: learning a new skill, gambling, golf and tennis, skiing, snorkeling, scuba diving and going to theme parks. Florida is the favorite destination, selected by three, out of 10 mature travelers.

Two in 10 choose California, Arizona, North Carolina, Colorado, Washington or Ne- vada. Travel trivia: In which metro area is more beer brewed than anywhere else in the United States? (Answer elsewhere in this column.) In name: There is a restaurant in Chimney Corner, W. named the Ain't You Et Yet Cafe. if IS I PHOTO COutS DUBOIS Louie the Lobster and Gladys the Clam are Joined by the Shaw Brothers In this week's Silly Travel Photo. They'll all be participating in the fourth annual Hampton Beach, N.IL Seafood Festival Sidewalk Sale Days Sept II and 12.

Special rates in Florida and California? Free deals? From Hertz? Exactly! Ask for these special 1, i.nj..rry I 1 -Sv i i 1 Mailbag: Kevin J. O'Brien of disagrees with a list last week that put state capitals Providence and Sacramento, near the geographical center of their states. He adds, "If you want to look at states with capital cities close to the center, how can you leave out Clinton's old haunt Little Rock, In response to a mention that Florida's oldest saloon has been operating in Femandina Beach since 878, a Boston reader doubts that the bar was doing much business during 1919-1933, the Pro-. hibition years. Today's language lesson: According to Overseas Business, when Coca-' Cola first arrived in China, the bot-" ties had Chinese characters that rep-" resented the sound of "Coca-Cola," but which translated as "Bite the wax tadpole." Fun, fun, fun: There are five large-scale amusement parks on the outskirts of Seoul, featuring rides, flowers, animals and cultural attractions.

Big, big, big: Las Vegas soon will have the nine biggest resort hotels in the world, if you don't count the Rossiya in Moscow and you shouldn't, because it's a residen-, tial hotel. When it opens in Decem-' ber, the MGM Grand Hotel will top the list with 5,009 rooms. The only non-Las Vegas contender is the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, with 2,542 rooms, which would place it 10th after all the Las Vegas biggies are open. Japan vs. America: There are nearly 300 lawyers for every 100,000 Americans, but for every 100,000 Japanese, there are not quite 12.

On the other hand, there are more than 13 hospital beds per 1,000 people in Japan, while in the United States, there are just over five. Finally, the divorce rate in Japan is 1.3 per thousand, compared with 4.8 in the United States. New travel products: The Weebok Multi Stroller is a high-tech, 12-pound, collapsible, three-wheeled stroller that comes with its own travel pouch. It lists at $289. Options include everything from water bottles to a running brake, and mothers can also use the stroller for a walking workout One thing is certain: There are a lot of babies out there to put in strollers.

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