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Inside the $600 billion “sleep tourism” industry

Vox·Peter Balonon-Rosen·6 months ago
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Sleep can feel like a precious commodity in my household.

My wife has had her fair share of insomnia. Across the hall, our one-and-a-half-year-old is…well, a one-and-a-half-year-old. The days of regular, two to three times a night wake-ups have barely faded. Plus, all it takes is one daycare sickness to take us right back. I’m a stay-up-too-late procrastinating kind of guy. In other words, we all could use a bit more sleep.

While the benefits of a full night’s sleep have been well-documented , those good Zs can be hard to come by. It’s led to parental burnout , workplace burnout , and even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declaring insufficient sleep a public health epidemic . Today, the agency says about one-third of US adults and children don’t get enough sleep .

Now, a growing number of Americans are heading out on vacation with one goal: a great night of sleep.…

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