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the planned escape you spend half the time photographing instead of feeling
means a stretch of time deliberately set aside away from work or routine, usually spent traveling or resting.
from From Latin vacationem, 'freedom, exemption, a being unoccupied,' from vacare, 'to be empty or at leisure' — the same root that gives us 'vacant' and 'vacuum.' The idea traveled through Old French (vacacion) into English, where it originally meant a freedom from duty or a suspension of business; only later did it fill that emptiness with beaches and suitcases.
- word origin
- From Latin vacare, meaning to be empty or free
- stress spike
- Many people get sick the moment they finally relax
- unused days
- Americans forfeit hundreds of millions of paid days yearly
- french rights
- France guarantees five weeks paid leave by law
- return blues
- Post-vacation happiness fades within days of getting back
maldives tourism — island nation averaging 1.7 million visitors annually, 60% of gdp from tourism
disneyland park — anaheim california, 18.7 million visitors in 2022, most visited theme park in us
dubai beach resorts — united arab emirates, 14.9 million international tourists in 2022
caribbean cruises — cruise lines dock at ports like barbados and jamaica, 28 million cruise passengers globally in 2022