It's safe to say we know different demographics. I think this is more of an EU thing than a US thing. Also, likely an upper middle class or greater thing. I'

It's safe to say we know different demographics. I think this is more of an EU thing than a US thing. Also, likely an upper middle class or greater thing. I'm from the US and even pre-covid, most Americans in the bottom 80% of incomes are not "holidaying" anywhere, domestic or overseas on a regular basis. A large percentage of the remainder stick to the US for the majority of their vacations. Pretty much everyone I know(mostly top 20% earners) who travels overseas more than once a decade or so is foreign born, or at least 2nd generation, and traveling to visit family. Apparently 42% of Americans have passports now, but it was about half that just a decade ago, and I'd attribute most of the growth to immigration, not vacations. Anecdotal, I'd say in SEAsia the "foreigners" I encountered were like 80% European. In Central America, the cheapest/shortest flight from the US, it was still like 50% Europeans. Whenever we're finally able to visit my wife's family again, she's goin to have to get special permission to take unpaid vacation time or else change jobs in order to be get enough time to make the trip to Asia worthwhile. That's pretty typical here.