Newsweek - USA (2019-08-09)

Canada 20.2

UK 4.5

Mexico 17.8

Japan 3.6

China 3.2

BY THE NUMBERS

SOURCES: 4 JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES 1, 2, 7 THE US TRAVEL ASSOC. 3 5 BANKRATE HARVARD

BUSINESS REVIEW FOR ECONOMIC & POLICY RESEARCH 6 AARP TRAVEL 8 CENTER

Staying

Connected

Percentage

who say it’s

“extremely/very

important” to

stay connected

to work while

on vacation:^6

Boomers 22%

Gen X 41%

Millenials 58%

Americans collectively forfeited

212 million vacation days in

2017, equivalent to $62.2

billion in lost beneɿts.^2

8 DAYS

The length

of time into a

vacation for

happiness to

hit its peak^4

$1,979

How much

the typical

American

will spend

on a summer

vacation

this year^3

30

25

24

22

20

10

France

Finland

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Germany

Austria

Portugal

Spain

Italy

Belgium

Ireland

Australia

New Zealand

Greece

Netherlands

Switzerland

UK

Canada

US

Japan

Percentage of employees

who don’t use all of

their vacation days.^7

How much likelier people who took 10 days

or more of annual vacation are to report

having had a raise or bonus in recent years^5

Average number of paid vacation days, by country^8

DA

RI
A^ V

OS

KO

BO

EV

Aʔ
GE

TT

Y

Vacation

Nation

Nearly 100 million

Americans plan to take a

family vacation this year

and two-thirds of them

will make it a summer

getaway, according to a

AAA survey. Orlando is the

top summer destination

for the second year in a

row, but several European

cities also cracked the

top 10, including London,

Rome and Dublin. All

told, U.S. travelers are

expected to spend more

than $100 billion on trips

this summer. —Noah Miller

Top visitors

to the U.S.,

by country

(in millions^1 ):