Many people today are choosing to travel to other countries. Why is this happening? Is this a positive or negative development?

More and more

people

today are choosing to

travel

internationally.

This

positive development is mainly because of a rise in

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income

coupled with

advances in aviation.

People

today can afford to

travel

as it has become more convenient. The

last

half century has seen wages in both developed and developing companies climb with the concomitant expansion of the global middle class. Workers have the disposable income to

travel

that they lacked in the past.

This

has been complemented with safer

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so individuals are not afraid to fly. Airfares have

also

become cheaper as companies like Boeing produce more efficient planes, competition intensifies between competing airlines, and the supply more than meets

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for flights. These factors combined have spawned a golden age of international

travel

. Looking at the opportunity in perspective, it is hard to see the advent of international

travel

as anything less than one of mankind’s greatest achievements. For the entirety of human history, most

people

lived and died near where they were born. Anyone who wanted to

travel

to another country had to possess enormous wealth, time, and courage. Today, the average employee can save up and

travel

to see the wonders of the

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in Southern Europe, the vast monuments of history and modernity in China, or explore any other corner of the Earth that has piqued their interest.

This

is an unprecedented opportunity unavailable to past generations. In conclusion, international

travel

is a byproduct of the modern age and we should all be grateful for its possibility. There are clear environmental drawbacks, but those should not blind

people

to its benefits

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as a whole.