"Julie" wrote in message
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> "PTravel" wrote in message
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>> > The per capita percentage of Americans that travel internationally for
>> > pleasure is low compared to other western nations.
>>
>> I assume, by "international travel" you mean Europe, Asia, Africa and
>> Australia. All of those are separated from the U.S. by rather large
> bodies
>> of water, and it's quite expensive to get across them.
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>> >
>> > This seems strange, given the relatively high standard of living and
>> > disposable income of Americans.
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>> You have a very mistaken understanding of the standard of living of an
>> average American.
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>> > Although there has been a recent spike of US citizens obtaining
>> > passports, thi sis mainly due to recent legislation
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>> Hunh? What legislation encourages Americans to obtain passports?
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>> > and it is doubtful
>> > the passports will increase the amount of travel outside North
>> > America.
>> >
>> > Why is the international travel so low ?
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>> Those of us who can afford it, go.
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> For the same reason that you rarely read anything in their papers about
> international events or happenings. The rest of the world doesn't really
> exist for a lot of Americans. They are not interested in the rest of the
> world - only about themselves.
>
> Go to their country and talk to them - the things they believe about the
> rest of the world is unbelievable.
>
> Julie
>
We believe you are an idiot. We have international news in our newspapers,
we even get the BBC on the TV. Seems as if Europe, if you are an example,
have a very mistaken view of America, actually the USA. I travel to Europe,
and have met very few as idiotic as you. I travel for pleasure now, but use
to go to Europe on business so have been there a few times.
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