More young travelers are shunning the traditional sun, sea and sand holidays to improve their resumes. According to the report, 22 percent of young travelers want to learn a language, 15 percent want to gain work experience, and 15 percent travel to study all significantly up from 2007. Student spending has increased by 40 percent since 2007 despite the global economic climate, with young travelers requesting more varied services.
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Hellmanzik writes that Italy never offers positive returns to travel despite being frequently visited. Trips undertaken for political reasons had the greatest effect, perhaps indicating that artists work improves when theyre freed from government repression or that collectors have a taste for the work of foreign dissidents. Recreational trips were second, and work-related trips had a surprisingly small effect. Overall, the benefit of travel seems to have faded over time.
