Talk:Contiki Tours

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Sounds too much

Sounds too much like an advertisement. Needs to be revised to make it neutral, enciclopedia-style article.

It's a copyvio anyway

but see the entry at Wikipedia:New Zealand Collaboration of the Fortnight#Contiki Tours for even more info. Moriori 02:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is essentially an advertisement, and needs cleaning or removing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.177.54 (talk) 15:43, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"tiki tour"

I've removed the section on Contiki being the source of "tiki tour". Orsman's '98 dictionary suggests that the phrase comes from a company of the same name, as opposed to a contraction of "contiki tour". He also notes that the use of the term "tiki" in brandnames was not uncommon in the past (e.g., Tiki-tape). The contiki link makes a good story, but at the moment it seems a little too close to original research, I think. --Limegreen 11:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

Is the name taken from Kon-Tiki?--ZayZayEM 08:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Most probably. Although as far as I'm aware that is knowledge privy to the founder. As to whether "contiki" on its own has entered the language, it follows a fairly strong linguistic tradition of words being contracted (and turned into nouns where appropriate, although not here obviously). My connection keeps timing out, so I'm struggling on the evidence front just now.--Limegreen 08:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

John Anderson's autobiography gives the etymology of Contiki as follows (1) first van was named "Tiki", (2) tours were then sold under the name "Tiki Tours" (3) NZ Tourist Board challenged the use of the name and so they added "Con" at the front because the tours were taking place on the Continent. I'm new to this, not sure how to put references in because it is in a book - I can't find an online copy.Matrixmania (talk) 00:55, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]