In a recent article by CNN Money reporter Jessica Dickler titled "Americans to forfeit $34.3 billion in vacation days", Americans are continuing to tighten their purses within the field of leisure. Through surveys conducted by travel agencies such as Expedia, it seems as if the average American will forgo 2-6 days of vacation in a year. The overwhelming reason from respondants was that they did not have the economic means to do so.
Internationally, the story rather different. Within EU countries such as Britain and France individuals where polled as using all of their available leisure time. However, Asian nations such as Japan also had populations that under-utilized their vacation time. The differences between the more socialist governments of many EU nations and that of the U.S. might be a factor in these statistical differences. In an environment where people see themselves as having much less of a government safety net as in the case of the U.S., there is less demand for vacation time, and more emphasis on work.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/30/pf/unused_vacation/index.htm?iid=SF_BN_River
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