Why Americans Don’t Travel Overseas

Why Americans Don't Travel Overseas - huffingtonpost.com, December 2, 2010
...This attitude is best summed up by a response I got from a friend in Iowa, who said, "Why would you want to go to Thailand? It's far away and scary. If you want beaches, just go to Florida." Americans simply don't see the need to go anywhere else when they can do it all in their own backyard...