The Travel Benefit Young Americans Should Envy
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 11.20.09 | 11:19 AM ET
Australian Ayden Fabien Férdeline writes in a New York Times op-ed column about Working Holiday visas, and why America should follow suit and offer its citizens the same benefits her country offers. Férdeline makes a good point:
I owe a great many adventures to this program and I’ve gained an appreciation for the differences that make us human. When I hear the French stereotyped as snobby, for example, I know better. When I worked in France, the people I met were warm and welcoming, despite my mediocre language skills.
The United States could gain some similar good will by making it easier for Americans to work abroad, and by opening its doors to the world’s young.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
joshua 11.21.09 | 4:55 PM ET
Yes that might be a good idea in some way..but travelling in america is still delightful independent and free of the backpacker circuit. Having travelled a great deal in australia, I can say that it attracts some of the least interesting tourists, who follow the circuit drudgingly. There are ways for young people to work in america, but take a little more ingenuity than the working holiday visa system.