Task 2 – Monologues
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Task
The American Way
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Home is where the heart is — this is
evident
from the data of the US Bureau of Travel Statistics regarding vacations. According to this bureau, a majority of Americans in the year 2021
opted
for vacations within their own country. This data indicates that most Americans stayed in the country
during
their holidays, with only a quarter
deciding
to travel abroad. Similarly, this trend was seen in Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. Residents of the United Kingdom, on the other hand,
chose
to explore destinations across Europe — with London accounting for seventy-five percent vacationing abroad, and Manchester with about sixty-five percent. The bureau also states that airplanes are the
most common
means of transport used for tourism trips. However, in regions like Alaska and Hawaii, travel by sea was more
popular
. In California, more than fifty percent of the residents
traveled
by car for vacations, just over
fifteen
percent by plane, and nearly a quarter by trains and the same number by buses.