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Traveling Improves Your Understanding of Other Cultures

Traveling improves your understanding of other cultures in several ways: - By learning new languages and experiencing different cultures firsthand, it fosters empathy and deeper cultural understanding. - Exposure to diverse perspectives broadens your mind beyond a single viewpoint. Those who don't travel internationally only see the world through a narrow lens. - Visiting places with preconceptions can change your opinions by experiencing other cultures directly rather than through the lens of news reports.

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Traveling Improves Your Understanding of Other Cultures

Traveling improves your understanding of other cultures in several ways: - By learning new languages and experiencing different cultures firsthand, it fosters empathy and deeper cultural understanding. - Exposure to diverse perspectives broadens your mind beyond a single viewpoint. Those who don't travel internationally only see the world through a narrow lens. - Visiting places with preconceptions can change your opinions by experiencing other cultures directly rather than through the lens of news reports.

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Get used to 

picking up new words in a different language every


time you travel and you will see improvements in your brain
capacities, as Dan Roitman wrote in the Huffington Post. If only
this, start getting familiar with travel jargon.
Even more than "just" languages, traveling helps you learn
about yourself. You might run into challenging situations
where you need to be resourceful and think differently. I'm
sure that you will develop a new set of skills that you didn't
suspect you had within you.

4. Traveling Improves Your Understanding Of Other


Cultures
Why we travel may differ from one person to another, but
people travelling always develop empathy and a deeper
understanding of other cultures.

Being more understanding and tolerant about a culture


different than ours is part of being smarter, but I consider it
as a benefits of traveling in itself. There is a quote by Saint
Augustine, which goes “The world is a book, and those who do
not travel read only one page”. You could think of it this way:
if you read what's in the news or watch the news on TV and
don't question it, you're missing on a ton of information. You
might think that it makes you smarter and more aware of the
world, but it's the exact opposite: it narrows your mind to a
unique and biased perspective.

Sure, you probably feel comfortable where you are, but that is
just a fraction of the world! If you are a student, take
advantage of programs such as Erasmus to get to know more
people, experience and understand their culture. Dare
traveling to regions you have a skeptical opinion about. I bet
that you will change your mind and realize that everything is
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5. Traveling Makes You More Interesting


I have no doubt that you're quite the conversationalist. That
being said, including a few stories from abroad is likely to
grant you even more attention. Mentioning something that
most people aren't familiar with or bring a new perspective is
always a good way to shine in a social situation. No need to
write a whole travel essay, just discuss what you've seen and
where you've been: people who are accustomed to their daily
life will travel with your words.

During my trip to Egypt, my Airbnb host and I went out for


dinner. He had been to some many different places, the
conversation lasted all night long, and I wasn't bored for one
minute.
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credits and check out this post on how to get started.
Who do you think people want to listen to: the guy who spent
his vacations at home doing some gardening and reading the
newspaper, or the one who spent a week in Cuba, driving an
old American car, swimming with dolphins and tasting
deliciously spicy food? I know which story I want to hear
about...

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