Results
842 students responded to the survey, of which 790 were U.S. citizens (577 of these were 25 or younger). The vast majority of the American students (of all ages) had at least some travel experience. 49 percent had traveled to 4 or more countries, and 43 percent had visited between 1 and 3 countries. Only 8 percent had not been outside the United States.
In terms of virtual travel, however, the students were much less experienced. 51 percent said that they “never” communicated internationally on the Internet; 39 percent communicated “sometimes”; and only 10 percent reported communicating “often.” Students who read foreign news websites “never or seldom” comprised 80 percent of the sample; 14 percent read foreign news “often,” and 6 percent read it “sometimes.”