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Some may argue
that travel in your own country would make you gain more than travel abroad.
And others may take the opposite stance that supporting the priority of travel
abroad. I’m not in both side but out of that frame since I believe that the
region is not important for travelers when it comes to their gains from travel.
We live in the
era of travel. SNS are full of pictures of travel. Some people have been to
Europe, others visited South Asia countries. Thus, the given question is very
natural because people love comparing something with something. Those who love
travel in their own country might want to argue the benefits of it compared to travel
abroad. Those who prefer foreign countries may take the opposite position. For
me who have traveled both my own country and foreign countries, I believe the
region does not affect the gains from the travel. I shall explain reasons why it
does not matter with elaborating gains from travel one by one.
First thing we
can earn from travel is perspective. I believe people can see something on the
basis of their experience. If the experience is limited, it is very hard to
understand others who live in the different basis. The travel can help people
broaden their way of thinking. It seems travel abroad can extend more than
travel in the country since people believe they can only experience different
culture in foreign countries. However, it cannot be always true since the
culture can be very different even in one province. When I traveled Busan,
which is the second city in Korea, I was shocked since all things were
different from my hometown. Even the way of speaking and thinking were also
different. Sometimes, it was hard to understand why they behaved like that. It
broke my stereotype about my country which I thought has same culture in one
country. This example clearly shows travel in people’s own country also can keep
things in perspective.
Second is about
rest. People enjoy their travel sometimes for rest. In that aspect, people
recommend to go to trip in one’s own country because they might think they can
rest in better condition due to the fact that we are in familiar condition. But
it cannot be always true. Let’s take my experience as an example. When I finished
my qualification exam, I wanted to take a rest. That time my choice was not my
own country but a near foreign country. I didn’t want others to interfere with my
rest, but people in my country love talking to strangers or tourists. So, I
went to Japan. Japanese people never talked to me first. So, I could spend my
own time without being bothered by others.
To sum up, those
reasons I elaborated above can show why I think the region is out of consideration
for affecting the gains from travels.
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