"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness…Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
Mark Twain
Women who take more vacations are more satisfied with their marriages. 28 That may be because:
o At least four out of ten travelers feel more romantic on vacation (42%), and nearly one-third admit to making love more often on vacation (31%). 26
o It could also be due to the fact that over half of employed Americans say they come back feeling reconnected with their family after vacation (53%). 29
A clear majority of students who traveled on an international exchange program felt they had become more trusting, open-minded, flexible, confident, and tolerant as a result of their travel experiences. In addition, eight out of ten said that the primary benefit of these travels is a desire for more travel. 11
Eight out of ten affluent leisure travelers consider vacations to be very important to their wellbeing (82%) and it’s easy to see why:
o More than half feel more rested and relaxed when they return from vacation (52%), and almost as many state they sleep later on vacation (49%). 26
The Benefits of Travel - 2008
Even the anticipation of vacation travel generates an increase in positive feelings about one’s life as a whole, family, economic situation, and health. 22
Life satisfaction also increases during vacation, and these effects continue after returning home, according to a study of employees at the University of Tennessee. 3
Patients who had previously appeared isolated and withdrawn at a Midwestern Veteran’s hospital were able to have conversations after taking a vacation. In fact, staff reported that vacations appeared to "lift the aura of depression" that was part of the emotional trauma of dealing with prolonged illness. 8
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