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Why we travel  15 March 2010
The Observer featured a fascinating article by Jonah Lehrer about the cognitive benefits of travel.
Rt Hon Brian Wilson Comment from Rt Hon Brian Wilson

It's very interesting to read about some of the benefits that travel brings to humans. That's why we campaign to keep flying affordable for all, especially hard working families who have only in the last 30 years been able to enjoy the benefits of air travel.

The world has been fundamentally changed by air travel and it isn’t possible – even if it were desirable – to return to a time where most people had never travelled beyond their own town. The genie is out of the bottle.  Having tasted the delights of foreign travel people want to continue to do so and work and save hard to travel.  Aviation has played a pivotal role in creating these mind-broadening, life-enhancing expectations and should be proud of having done so.

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