When Senior Writer Michael Demarest wrote his first TIME cover story on travel in 1956, some 500,000 U.S. tourists were expected in Europe. For this week's sequel, Demarest, a specialist on the changing needs and tastes of U.S. travelers, looks at the revived interest in vacations abroad and the enthusiasm Europeans will lavish on a predicted 4.2 million American visitors in 1983.
One of Demarest's own aims in writing about travel has been to interest Americans in meeting a range of Europeans, especially outside the major cities. "I love the capitals with...
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