Why travel to do mostly what we can do at home or at least closer to home?
By Uroborus
@Uroborus (908)
Canada
August 3, 2008 1:00pm CST
The most common destination for travel seems to be a resort, where people hang around a pool, drink and party. This is great fun, I admit. I do a lot of these activities myself. But why do we have to travel thousands of miles to do these things. And why is it that all the different destinations look the same. A resort in Mexico looks similar to a resort in just about any other part of the world. Many of these resorts are being run by companies that model them the same, no matter where they are. Do you really see that country doing this?
I always thought that the point of travel was to experience new, far away lands and cultures. Experience the people, the foods. Doing it on your own, as opposed to having a standard package tour, where you listen to someone tell you what the place is like, while you listen.
2 responses
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
4 Aug 08
The best way to take in a country is to make the effort to get to know it.
Check the museum, the libraries, the monuments, read their papers, walk downtown, chat with taxi-drivers, go to the popular hotspots.
Then you've travelled.
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
3 Aug 08
Yes, the point of traveling for me is to see different architecture, experience a different culture, watch the native wildlife and meet the local people. I went to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia this year because I was traveling with my toddler son. We stayed in locally owned guest houses and traveled on local buses and trains. I love tropical islands and gorgeous palm fringed beaches but I must have an adventure more than a relaxing holiday. I tour around a region in an independent way. In Central America I climbed Mayan ruins, stayed in a tree house and went caving. I wouldn't want to stay at a luxury resort and I wouldn't go on an all inclusive holiday. I like to spread my money around a community and in its different businesses. I have some collections: costume dolls from around the world, foreign money and postcards. That way I keep a small part of each country and its identity.
