>>When we make our annual family reunions, they come here. Guess why.
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>Aside from bureocratic paranoia, travel not intended for economic gain usually is from rich to poor: might be country and/or own financial ability.
>Skiing in Switzerland is not as common/available now for people not in the 1% as it was 3rd quarter of last century for instance.

Not the case at hand - daughters and we here are just about equally wealthy, so if space was level, we'd have made these reunions in a round-robin fashion, each taking turns as host.