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| only about <30% of Americans have travelled internationally in the past year 30% sounds insanely high. I suspect at least half of Americans haven't even take
by rconti 1y ago
| only about <30% of Americans have travelled internationally in the past year
30% sounds insanely high. I suspect at least half of Americans haven't even taken a _vacation_ in the past year, let alone _travelled internationally_.
- FireBeyond 1y agoYeah, the number is closer to 10%: > Approximately 40 million Americans travel abroad each year. This figure represents about 12% of the U.S. population. Travel data reveals that Americans commonly visit destinations in Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Source: https://travelpander.com/how-many-americans-travel-abroad/ https://travelpander.com/how-many-americans-travel-abroad/
- rconti 1y agoHigher than I would have thought! I was just thinking about this again and my SWAG was 5%. I asked ChatGPT which repeated the shockingly high 28% number, but it elides the fact that this was in a (small) survey of 2000 "travelers" (whatever that means-- but i suspect it means 2000 people who travelled in the past year): > In the past year, the poll of 2,000 U.S. travelers, conducted by Talker Research, found 94% have traveled domestically, and 28% have traveled internationally. source: https://www.myjournalcourier.com/features/article/unpacking-global-travel-anxieties-americans-20773115.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.myjournalcourier.com/features/article/unpacking-...
- splap 1y agoonly 3% of us citizens had a passport back in 1989! passport to resident ratio usa, 1989-2023: https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/44102530-5b24-467a-8510-ce93c4adb87e https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/44102530-5b24-467a-8510-c...