The firm polled 4,000 travelers June 15-23. travelers are likely to travel abroad this year, up 6 percentage points in a month, according to Destination Analysts, a tourism market research firm. Inflation is raising travel costsĪbout 34% of U.S. dollar has also gained strength relative to many other currencies in the past year, such as the the Australian dollar, British pound, Chinese renminbi, Indian rupee and Japanese yen. 'It's more gentle on people's travel budgets,' she added.

'It's kind of like getting a 15% discount,' according to Sara Rathner, a travel expert at NerdWallet. Today, that traveler would pay just over $15. One euro is down 11% from nearly $1.13 at the beginning of the year and down 15% from about $1.18 on July 13 last year.Īs an example, an American who bought a €15 sandwich in Paris a year ago would have paid about $17.70. interest rates moving sharply higher, pushing investors toward the dollar and from the euro.

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