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Many people either go to travel or use materials to learn about the culture. Personally, I would like to suggest that people can sufficiently learn them by using other sources, even it could have more merits than travel.
First of all, indirect experience would be a good way to learn the culture. Nowadays, a variety of books, TV programs involving the culture come out, so people can study and learn the culture through them. “Class of difference”, a Korea educational program, would be the representative example. A goal of this program is to help people to learn and stack various bits of knowledge of other cultures. For this, many professionalists give a speech and try to provide relevant useful materials to the viewers. In this sense, using mass media would indirectly be a good choice to learn the culture.
Secondly, it is likely that unexpected problems could occur during a trip. With limited travel times, people could probably face a heavy rainfall, For example, I planned to go to a national history museum to get information of Egypt’s kings, which is located in NY in the U.S. Before going there, I checked opening and closing time and service schedule several times on a website. However, I finally could not enter the museum because, at the time, there was a demo right next to the museum to protest a specific low that had newly been enacted. I had no choice but to go back home again.
It is undeniable that travel to involved place would be definitely the best way to learn the culture. However, I would recommend using other sources because It should be considered that unexpected conditions during the travel could happen, and for indirect experience, mass media could be also an appropriate method.
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