Why don't Americans travel abroad?

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I think, as you said, America is a big place:
A trip from Madrid, Spain to Warsaw, Poland is about the same as a drive from El Paso, Texas to Detroit ,Michigan, or Seattle, Washington to Omaha, Nebraska
2,868 km : 1782 miles.

Ahh, now that's not such a great example.

Travel isn't about the distance coved.
200 miles in some parts of Europe can take you in to a radically different culture,
lifestyle, language, nation, landscape etc.
2000 miles in Australia or America, for example, might only change the landscape.

London to Moscow may be the same distance as [American City #1] to [American City #2],
but that hardly tells the full story.

Originally Posted by Bewolf

Well, there is a certain anti americanism observeable

Over here people tend to make a distinction between 'Tourists', 'American tourists' and
'Asian tourists', but I don't think they are treated differently, aside from people complaining
about their driving more than European tourists. I don't know if there is any truth there.