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When I retrospect my school-trip experience, the past "I' always complained of travelling in group for limited freedom. At that time, the past "I" always dreamed of going to be free and travelling alone. However, present "I" think differnetly and firmly believe that the best way to travel is in a group led by a tour guide. What makes me changed to 180 degree? There are mainly two reasons why I change my mind to support the group tour. My opinion can be substantiated by the following paragraphs.
To begin with, travelling together can improve the journey's quality of experience and knowledge. That is, travelling with other people can help me understand various feeling and thinking about environments of travelling sites better. This is largely because I can share my knowledge and experience with other people and vice versa, I can get invaluable thinkings from them. Direct experience as well as indirect experience from others can make my trip far more exciting and enjoyable. For example, when I visited New York for the first time, I had little knowledge where I should go and, further, even if I could visit there, I did not know why the site was meaningful. Because I was alone and did not speak English well, I had no choice but to read the brochure which explained the site simply. Whereas I could not appreciate New York city fully and became dissapointed, my parents had totally diffrent time. As they joined the group tour which was led by a tour specialist, they could listen to the historical meaning of the site and enjoy the true meaning. Moreover, they expressed and shared their feelings with other people thus it helped them sightseeing more enjoyable. If I had taken the group-travelling, then I could have appreicated my trip better.
In addition, by travelling together, people can escape from being in trouble. In other words, having people when travelling is far safer than travelling alone. To illustrate, take an example of getting robbed and there is no money, no acquiantance and no cell-phone. In this circumstance, one who travel by himself will not contact to emergency call or get a help from other people. Contrary to him, one who travel together can have little difficulties by getting a help from others easily. According to a study conducted by Korea Sightseeing Department, people who go to India alone are more likely to fall into trouble, such as pickpoketing or sexual harrassment. This is because they cannot get an assistance from others because all people around him or her are stranger, thus they are not willing to give a hand. However, things are different in the case of group travelling. They feel more secured, and it is safer in reality as well.
These are the reasons why I changed from past "I', who prefered to sightsee alone, to present "I", who strongly support the gruop travel. Considereing invaluable experience and knowledge by sharing diverse thinking and opinion, we can appreciate the travell far better. In addition, safety issue is resolved easily when people join travelling together. The benefits of travelling together, therefore, far-outweight the disadvantages of it. |