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[quote=Anonymous]It’s everywhere. There have been threads on this before. Travel has been relatively inexpensive in the recent past. Not to mention the opening of international travel to the Former Soviet Union and China markets. It used to be that only Americans and Western Europe had the means and ability to travel in large numbers. Globalization has had an impact, as well. It used to be that you could travel to Paris or Rome and see food and goods that you couldn’t buy at home. Now you can have almost anything with a few clicks in your keyboard. And you’re not missing the *local atmosphere* because that is now mostly other tourists.

This may be changing a bit going forward. Some areas (e.g., Venice) seem to have figured out that they are killing the goose that laid the golden egg.  Travel providers are also discovering that they may be better off providing a better, if more expensive and exclusive (from the standpoint of volume) experience. It remains to be seen how a global recession/Russian-Ukrainian war/European energy crises will affect this.

I agree with OP that I just don’t have the desire to fight the crowds anymore. I made sure that my kids travelled to see these places, but agree with OP that they aren’t what they used to be and I won’t be going back any time soon. I’m sure they won’t miss me, there seem to be plenty of folks who want to go, so *shrug.*[/quote]

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