Although there is no complete consensus that has been reached on this topic, yet I would like to take stance and make my disagreement with the given thesis that it is more beneficial for people to travel around their own countries than traveling to foreign countries. In order to substantiate my central focal points, I will provide specific reasons and explore the given topic in great detail in this essay.
To begin with, I firmly believe that it would be more meaningful and beneficial traveling to the foreign countries. This is because, people can travel places where have all different culture and language, getting out of a limited places of their own countries. Opponents of my perspective claim that people get more valuable experience from traveling around their own countries. Proponents of this view several points as the rationales for their argument and their argument might have some validity. But after closer look, there exists an abundance of examples that calling into question what they claim. Among such examples, my personal experience can elucidate their incorrect viewpoint. Actually, I like to travel to diverse places, so I often travel some places with my family. When I was a middle school student, I went to the US with my family. Even if I have traveled many places in my country, still this was my most valuable experience in my life. This is because, I could communicate with diverse people who have different language, and experienced different cultures. As a result, I could broaden my perspective and be more open-minded person. This validates my earlier contention that traveling to foreign countries is more beneficial for people.
The account of mine that I illustrated above is not the only evidence to support my view. A recent survey conducted by one of the leading educational consulting firms in Korea endorsed my opinion when the survey respondents were asked whether they sided with the argument that people can benefit more from traveling to foreign countries, because they can experience a wide world or not. A leading educational expert claims that it is very typical and common travel that going to places around their own countries. This is because, people know well about their culture, history, and etc. Moreover, they probably all had experiences to go famous places in purpose of field trip from their schools. Accordingly, it is really important to experience some things or some places that are not in their own countries. They could learn other countries history and they would look cultural properties of the countries. It would be a great opportunity to experience wide world which is really important for people while living.
In conclusion, in spite of the fact that there may be some opinions that people can benefit through traveling around their own countries. However, taking into account all the factors that I described above, we may reach to the conclusion that traveling to foreign countries are more beneficial and meaningful for people.