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Subject: Re: Why do Americans not travel more internationally ? Posted on: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:15:46 EST


"markbyrn" wrote in message
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> Larry,
>
> I think you're on the mark here and I agree the classic US thinking is
> short sighted. In fact, I looked up the actual statistics and the
> reality seems to support your viewpoint.
>
> Americans make about 60 million trips overseas each year. Total
> population is about 295,000,000 and so the maximum percentage of
> Americans who travel overseas in any given year is a tad over 20%.
> That means at least 8 out of 10 Americans are clueless about the rest
> of the world

How does the fact that one hasn't visited somewhere make them "clueless"
about it?