There is an abundance of cultures and lessons that teens can learn about as they travel the world. Many teenagers, however do not realize or take advantage of travel opportunities provided for them and the influence travel can have on their lives. There are many programs out there that give all teens the chance to travel and experience the world firsthand regardless of a family’s income. These travels will influence the growing mind by helping them to understand other cultures without the distant feeling that these places do not concern them. Although it may seem scary to some parents to let their child travel to far off places, teens need the exposure to broaden their knowledge and horizons. More teenagers should travel because traveling abroad not only teaches them more about other cultures, but more about themselves, who they are and who they want to become.
Travel has increased throughout the years. According to World Tourism Organization travel has increased by 5% in 2013 with 1,087 million people traveling. This is an additional 52 million international travels from the previous year. This increase in travel has brought a very positive impact on many economies around the world and is predicted to continue to do so in the following years. In 2014 UNWTO believes international travel will continue to grow up to 4-4.5%. Throughout the world the places most influenced by the demand for tourism are Asia and the pacific, Africa, and Europe (World Tourism Organization UNWTO). This increase in travel has shown that more people have decided to immerse themselves into new experiences and cultures, and that travel companies believe that more and more people will begin and continue to travel.
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Ben Feinberg wrote What Students Don’t Learn Abroad about how students will go to other countries, but when they are asked “what they learned” (Feinberg 1) they answer by saying things like, “I became a risk-taker, or I can do anything I put my mind to” (Feinberg 1-2), but they do not share anything about what the other country was like, instead they talk about how the trip changed them, or taught them something about themselves that they did not already know.
The traveler goes somewhere because there is something there to see or learn, and his reports of his goings-on are centered upon what is there and its relationships to ideas. The purpose of a trip for such a person is to learn, and also allow others to learn from what findings the person observes. While many people have never traveled around the world, they may still be aware of what is going on there,...
I have been living away from family since the age of 16. The farther away I have been from home, the greater cultural diversity I have experienced. At the age of 16, I left my hometown in India to study in another state in the country. I spent two years studying in an international residential high school. After graduating from high school, I left the country to study in the United States. Wherever I have lived, I have always cherished experiencing the commonalities and dissimilarities between the culture I come from and where I am living. It would be a great privilege for me to take my study abroad voyage to the next level, empowering me to approach future circumstances with a better and richer understanding of the world!
Studying abroad, which has become a common phenomenon, can be a fun and meaningful experience. Many university students are interested in studying abroad because it gives them an opportunity to explore different cultures and broaden their horizons. As Mark Sherry, Peter Thomas and Wing Hong Chui argue in “International Students: a Vulnerable Student Population,” the goals that students pursue international study are often to acquire different ways of learning and to improve cross-cultural understanding, which helps them gain self-confidence as well as maturity (33). This experience turns out to be beneficial to those who study abroad. Nevertheless, when students are surrounded by a wholly new environment, many problems that hinder their passion inevitably emerge in this process, which makes them a vulnerable group. To resolve these problems, international students should change their habits and pay attention to self-regulation; while local community is supposed to offer them proper and considerate accommodation.
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As a country, it feels as if the USA is too young to even begin to comprehend world culture. By studying abroad, it is my hope that I can begin expanding my understanding of the world. I also wish to learn about my home country in a new light. I await making new friends, and I expect that studying abroad will open my mind and deepen my longing to learn about other cultures. This experience is one that will lessen my narrow-minded cynicism.
It was interesting to see that nearly all of our participants had travelled out of the country. Some of our interviewees had even been to more than 10 different countries. One girl that was a participant in particular had been to over an incredible 20 countries such as Italy, Germany, France and Hong Kong, more incredibly at only age 16. She said that she loves going to new countries and getting a feel for how different cultures live, and to be able to learn their cultural customs during her ventures. Another insight provided from our interviews was that only just this year, a 19 year old student went on a month long trip to India with his family. As his mother was from India; this trip involved meeting relatives for the first time and getting in touch with the culture his biological background presented. He described this opportunity as the best thing he’s ever done. It is safe to assume that this month long voyage would have provided meaningful insight towards his growing global mindset.
Annotated Bibliography: Studying Abroad Traveling the world is often an enriching experience that everyone at one point in their life should encounter. Travel is often a popular hobby and adventure for one to embark on. There is a human found curiosity about other people that inhabit this planet we live on.
With a mother from Malaysia, a father from Texas, a stepfather from China, and a childhood spent in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Milton, and Carmel, it is no wonder that she found herself a frequent traveler before she could walk. Similarly to the majority of other Third Culture Kids, traveling had become a part of who she was – rather than merely a hobby, it had become a necessity (Jones). Such a necessity to travel in TCK’s during their development years creates an inability for such children to separate travel from their notion from self. They consider themselves explorers, relying on their various new experiences to grow their identities. They are constantly learning phrases in new languages and discovering new customs, such that rather than being part of a single culture throughout their childhood, they merely identify with the “travel culture”
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta. It was the summer of 2017 and my family which consisted of my mom, somewhat-dad, and sister decided that we felt like we needed to get out of town and eclipse our normal vacation routine. Our normal vacation would be to go to Spirit Lake, but we wanted to do more than that. This experience is important to me because I spent time with my family, found out I enjoyed going on hikes, and I saw great, inimitable beauty in nature.
To impress my readers, I decided to take a personal approach to writing this article. To do this, I used a variety of techniques to add a more conversational tone. In doing this, I also wanted to convey my own personal knowledge and experience to the reader to highlight the accuracy and reliability of my travel
...tives and misconceptions to be a part of their trips nations and their cultures will continue to be misrepresented. The negative aspects of travel are found in Columbus ‘exploration of the Americas, the conquest of Vietnam in the film The Apocalypse Now: Redux, Caribbean’s migration to London in The Lonely Londoners. But if travelers became more self aware perhaps more trips would be like self-defining like Stella’s in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Travel is an essential part of our lives and it will only be a positive part if we allow ourselves and our minds to be open to other nations and their cultures.
Traveling does to the senses what reading does to the imagination; it is not only a locomotion for pleasure but also a vital component of education and personal growth. Travel is beneficial for multitudes of constituents by cultivating intellective welfare. Whether taking a business trip, or nice family vacation, voyaging can compose a person to be jubilant through formulating self-assurance, administering contemporary experiences and retrospection, fracturing the common routine and permitting all human beings from around the world fulfillment.
The tourism industry has been very strong despite many challenges like economic crisis, safety & security issue and others. Demand for international remained strong for the year 2016. International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Some 46 million more tourists (overnight visitors) travelled internationally last year compared to 2015.
The economy can be clearly identified as the most beneficial aspect of tourism. “According to recent statistics, tourism provides about 10% of the world’s income and employs almost one tenth of the world’s workforce” (Mirbabayev, 2007). In Australia alone, Tourism contributed $87.3 billion in 2012, and employed 908,434 (7.9%) people (Kookana & Duc Pham, 2013). Tourism is “one of the most profitable and rapidly developing industries in the world” (Popushoi, 2004). Every year the number of tourists increase dramatically and consequently the revenues from tourism will increase substantially.