Smithsonian Magazine

Frequent Fliers

- By Austin Clemens

FROM COLOMBIA TO THAILAND, THE HOT SPOTS FOR AMERICANS HEADING

OVERSEAS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING DOES IT SEEM AS IF EVERYONE IN YOUR FACEBOOK FEED is climbing Machu Picchu? It’s not your imaginatio­n. Peru has been among the fastest-growing overseas destinatio­ns (a term that excludes Mexico and Canada) for American travelers for decades, on track to overtake the United Kingdom, annually the top in number of visits, by 2041, a Smith

sonian analysis found. Here’s a look at how our travel habits have changed—and the forces that influence our choices.

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