landings were made on the Madeira trip, in Lisbon
and Funchal, while on the Mediterranean cruise some
220 landings were made, mostly at Italian ports.
 
 In 1937 Strength through Joy offered some
230,500 land Journeys which were patronized by
over 9 1/2 million travellers. About 4,500 special 
trains were utilized by Strength through Joy.
As mentioned above, approximately 2/3 of these
trips were of the short week-end variety, the other
third being longer trips of a week or more. About
150,000 hiking tours, led by over 15,000 guides,were
arranged with some million and a half participants.
While precise figures are lacking, it is stated that
about one million workers took advantage last year
Of the winter sport vacations arranged by the Office 
for Travel in collaboration with the Sport
Office of Strength through Joy. As regards the
Rhine journeys, last year some 400,000 workers in
all made the river trip by steamer. Strength
through Joy also sends several thousand workers
each year on one day excursions to the Party Congress 
at Nuremberg as well as to the annual Harvest 
Festival on the Buckeberg.
 
 In 1937 a round figure of RM 81,200,000 revenue 
was collected in fares and the prices charged
for the excursions. While of course admitting that
no exact estimate can-be made, officials of the organization 
calculate that during last year Strength
through Joy travellers enriched German economy by