Until recently, Americans have largely been disinclined to visit European countries. Basically, they see Europe as a faraway destination, there are language barriers to overcome, and of course, they know that the dollar will not take them very far in any of Europe's big cities. However, this is changing, and the number of Americans traveling to destinations such as Croatia, Italy or Holland is increasing quite rapidly. Read more at:http://www.tourism-review.com/top_weekly_full.php?id=282.