Business: Exodus 1971: New Bargains in the Sky

NO one could blame the Europeans for suspecting that it might be a plot concocted by American parents. This summer as never before, their parks and piazzas, their hostels and highways are overflowing with a record-high number of blue-jeaned invaders. More than 800,000 young Americans are descending on Europe with the same ease and dispatch with which an older generation took on a trip across the state line. In the process, they are turning the travel industry upside down and creating a stir wherever they go.

Londoners are complaining about "pollution by package tour."...

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