Only 22% of Americans travel outside the U.S.
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There's a tiny cafe called Caffe Latte nearby run by an affable Italian guy named Basilio. The tables are covered in magazines and big books like the one at my table (see above). What could be better for armchair traveling than looking at photos of ancient Roman ruins while sipping the excellent lattes? It stirred up my travel bug and I'm itching to hop on a plane, but where? I'd love to visit, Indonesia, India, Iceland and that's just the "I's". My love of travel began at an early age and I've been lucky to travel extensively. Growing up in Montreal, we thought nothing of crossing the border to Vermont to go skiing or nip down to New York. What shocked me then and now, is Americans didn't reciprocate. Recent stats show nearly 75% of Canadians have passports, while only about 22% of Americans do. What gives?
There's a tiny cafe called Caffe Latte nearby run by an affable Italian guy named Basilio. The tables are covered in magazines and big books like the one at my table (see above). What could be better for armchair traveling than looking at photos of ancient Roman ruins while sipping the excellent lattes? It stirred up my travel bug and I'm itching to hop on a plane, but where? I'd love to visit, Indonesia, India, Iceland and that's just the "I's". My love of travel began at an early age and I've been lucky to travel extensively. Growing up in Montreal, we thought nothing of crossing the border to Vermont to go skiing or nip down to New York. What shocked me then and now, is Americans didn't reciprocate. Recent stats show nearly 75% of Canadians have passports, while only about 22% of Americans do. What gives?
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 5/13/2010 8:48 PM 
Categories: Travel, Photography
Tags: americans don't travel Canadian passports 22% of Americans have passports travel bug
Categories: Travel, Photography
Tags: americans don't travel Canadian passports 22% of Americans have passports travel bug
Time to dust off my passport!
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Hope so.
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Well, 22 percent of the US would be 66 million people and 66 million passports.
75 percent of Canadians would be about 25 million people and passports.
A few reasons. Some geographical, some cultural.
90 percent of Canadians live within the first 100 miles of the US-Canadian border. That's not a lot of space, so it's easy to pop down to the States for something interesting.
Many people travel inside the US, but often within the region - New England within New England and Atlantic States; south within the South, Southwest within the Southwest.
the number of people in the US who fly on planes is staggering.
In the North East and in the big, cultural cities like Chicago, LA Minneapolis, and San Francisco and others, you find more people who travel to Europe than in the heartland.
People along the border states of the US - New England, and all the border states across the US-Canadian border do go to Canada frequently.
Most people outside North America don't come here.
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This is exactly the kind of response I was hoping to see. Thanks K.
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OMG -That both shocked me but also didnt surprise me. In a country that if you go to Las Vegas you can have the Eiffel Tower - some might wonder...why bother.
But bother they should. Indeed to have an open mind, to add value to conversations, to - see, live, breath and absorb this fabulous world of ours we have a responsibility to travel. There's nothing like a real cup of Italian coffee, or a Spanish tapas or a Thai curry or English Fish and chips. A gastronomy of food, culture and beauty. - Off to book a trip!
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That's funny/sad about Vegas. You made me hungry for Chinese food...in China.
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Well, in my case it's mostly "too broke to leve the state" lol I've a whole list of places I want to see someday though. I think I might start here...
http://www.heligan.com/
Love the image you used for today's post; great job! :o)
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Thanks, this is a good start for your wish list.
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I am so dying to get another stamp on my passport! We went to the trouble of getting the kids (9 and 12) their passports since I think even travel to Canada and Mexico now require it? Anyway, still haven't gone anywhere yet. Hope to get going on something before they expire again.
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Kim, Canada does require passports now, so you're good to go.
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My older brother lived in Montreal for nearly 20 years, and I used to visit every summer and often in the winters as well. Absolutely adore that city. Other than that, I've traveled extensively through the US, and that's about it. Living the sort of life I have, my finances have always been pretty limited, and I actually prefer to bed down in one place for a long time rather than to dash madly from place to place.
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Montreal is the secret twin of Paris.
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