Here Come the ‘Grown-up Gappers’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 07.28.09 | 12:38 PM ET
Reuters reports that, because of the recession, Britons “aged 30-55 [are] more than twice as likely as 18-24 year-olds to take time out to travel.” Where do they say they’re going? Canada tops the list of destinations.
Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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