I’ve visited 14 completely different nations out of the 30 or so developed nations on the planet. From my superficial touristic view, I’ve famous that in all these nations, individuals earn cash at day jobs, spend it on stuff, and customarily lead predictable lives. The distinction between nations is a lot smaller than the distinction between people. From this I’ve concluded that journey is just not price it, at the very least in the case of going to different developed nations.
I’ve lived in three completely different nations, all among the richest nations on the planet. This has allowed me to realize a sure exterior perspective on particular cultures, at the very least the rich ones, and traditions that may not be gained from tourism. Cultures ARE barely completely different. Some are reserved. Some are civilized. Some are ethical. Some are pleasant. Some are lazy. Some are hamfisted. Some are hardworking. Identical to individuals.
Nonetheless, on the entire, nationwide cultures are much more related than individuals. In case you are a carpenter, one can find you’ve extra in frequent with different carpenters no matter their nationality than you do with their neighbor. There, I simply saved you quite a lot of journey time 
— nevertheless, maybe this must be skilled to be totally realized. I nonetheless run into individuals who ought to be good sufficient to appreciate that their nation is just not the perfect as a result of its individuals are in some way chosen.
If you wish to be taught one thing about individuals, I counsel you speak to your neighbor relatively than somebody from one other nation.
Maybe my perspective is clouded by being concentrated in developed nations. Nonetheless, that is the place most tourism go anyplace, so why are individuals going?
I do know those who purchase the tour guides and plan out which landmarks to see. I observe that almost all locals by no means go to these landmarks. This implies to me that the landmarks are irrelevant to the tradition regardless of being promoted as being the important a part of the tradition. Why do individuals go to see the views in the event that they don’t care concerning the views the place they dwell?
Generally it’s concerning the procuring, however critically. World commerce means which you could now purchase the identical restricted variety of items everywhere in the world. Why go to Paris, when you should purchase the identical issues down on the nook retailer. Equally, typically, it’s concerning the meals. However actually, I don’t have to go to Greece to eat at a Greek restaurant. Sure, possibly it’s not the identical, nevertheless it’s fairly rattling shut.
Generally individuals journey to get away from all of it? My query then is, what are you working away from? And why are you working? I’ve by no means felt a have to get away from my regular life that may very well be cured by a one week getaway.
It was once that journey meant one thing. Like an expedition you’d work to go someplace. These days, you simply hop into an airplane and 12 hours you might be out of the country on the opposite facet of the world that’s virtually equivalent to your personal. I think that is simply “consumption of locations” just like consuming meals or issues. Is fashionable tourism simply yet one more client expertise?
Have you ever ever thought-about touring slowly? Transferring from metropolis to metropolis till you get to the vacation spot? I feel crusing is an attention-grabbing technique to journey slowly. I submit that you don’t actually know a spot until you’ve labored a job there, opened a checking account, and lived as a local relatively than simply briefly handed by whereas taking footage. Dwelling overseas makes for extra private progress than flying round in a tincan as a vacationer. When you have some helpful expertise, you may even journey without cost and receives a commission for it. (Till I give up my profession, I’ve by no means paid for a aircraft ticket with my very own cash.)
That’s how I see it; I understand that I is perhaps lacking a couple of genes, so please enlighten me why journey is so widespread?
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