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They may own the most corporate hotel chains, but they do not travel more. That is just a fact. It's for the best though, most of the world hates Americans these days if not because of their leader, but because Americans llike to be asses where ever they go.

I have been to over 100 countries, many of them 2 and 3 times, often not running into a single American. When I do, it's always the main tourist traps like Paris or Berlin or the occasional trendy island in SE Asia.

However I ALWAYS see Europeans, Asians and Aussies.

Thailand makes you jump through hoops and lie to the system if you want to stay there. Unless of course you have a kid there, a business or get married. But to just stay as a single man, forget it unless you want to lie and beat the system.

Philippines is a nice one though. At least they speak English and are lax on their visa regulations, even though they don't have to be. It's only a payment or fine if you want to stay past your stamp time.

Malaysia. LOL Not unless you are a Muslim and just want a place to hide away. Not much going on there once you have been there a few months. I tried it, though KK (Kota Kinabalu) was called Jesselton back then.

Though if you can find a way to stay in Hong Kong... That could be a real option. Incredible city.

Costa Rica or Panama - lots of adult biz ex-pats living in both places. Though WEGCory and Bradshaw will tell you they are both 3rd world places like Ethiopia ;)

A great country. :thumbsup

Argentina is intrigueing.

Personally, I feel the US has alot to offer with just about every climate you could desire.

However, there are also alot of places in the US I wouldn't want to live.

Live in Hong Kong, and have been on and off for the past 20 years...absolutely love it..moved back from the US cause I couldnt stay away.

Most Island getaways are just that...getaways for a few months at the most...but if you base your operations out of HK then you can have best of both the city life in HK and getaway for a weekend or longer to many of the beach destinations around Asia.

I know a lot of Eurpoeans who move here for a short work stay and never go back...but again when you consider the average pay package an Expat gets here there is no incentive to move away.

U.S. hotel industry revenue in 2004: $86 billion http://nreionline.com/news/hotel_industry_revenue_2004/
French hotel industry revenue in 2007: $8.5 billion http://www.htrends.com/article30743.html

Population in France: 60 million. Most visited country in the world.

Population in the U.S.: 300 million. 5x more.

Hotel industry revenue per capita, 2x higher in the U.S. than in the world's most visited country.

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Not sure I understand....that doesnt prove that Americans travel a lot overseas...

World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic

USA: 16/30, top 5, 3/5

Now go fuck yourself Zango.

Airport passenger traffic= travellers.

Summer in Vancouver BC Canada .. and winter in my little 3rd world type town Melaque Jalisco Mexico ..

isn't it much more expensive to live there, compared to the US?

Looks like Costa Rica tops the list.

He said that Most Americans dont travel past the US and parts of Mexico...so how does your "stats" prove it otherwise? There is a lot of domestic travelling done by Americans so that accounts for the busy airports...also a lot of tourists fly into the US so again they account for the busy airports...any stats on the no. of outgoing passengers to europe or asia from the US?

Great Britain :-) It's the only EU country where a foreigner can live tax free (living off of capital gains) and they have awesome beaches, but the water is kinda cool.

There is no sun in norway, so you can remove that from your list1