Travelling makes people happy and recognize cultural differences

Travelling abroad is a good way to discover the intercultural awareness and gain happiness. In Hong Kong, people are often busy with their work. It is not easy nor making sense for them and just put down their work and go for a trip. However, travelling do not only bring joy to people but provide a precious opportunity for them to widen their horizon and learn from other cultures.

First is the educational benefits bring by travelling. Before people go for a trip, they usually do research about the country they are going to visit such as reading travelling book and travelling blog on internet. Thus, travelling is providing a chance for people to have a deeper understanding about other country like its culture and custom, which is something people will not ordinary do. Moreover, travelling often include long transportation time and some people will choose to read books so to pass the time. This is also a good chance for people to absorb new knowledge and stimulate their imagination.

Secondly, meeting new people during the trip enable exchange of ideas and recognition of cultural differences. Everyone has their own background and experiences, while visiting the other countries and stepping out of the comfort zone, there will be opportunity to meet these different people and learn from their stories. For example, Eastern people are usually more implicit in expressing emotions and will only smile and wave hands to each other as greeting, but Western people will shake hands or even have a kiss on each other’s cheek, which is kind of awkward to Eastern people. Happiness can also attain while having lively conversations and sharing experiences with the new people.

The last advantage is that travelling enables people to relax and become a new person. In today’s world, people are surrounded by stress. They have to face new tasks and overcoming obstacles every day. Once people are still staying in the circle they used to be, it is sometimes hard for them to really relax and live up to themselves. ‘Relaxation is one of the purest forms of attaining happiness there is.’ Challenges may still appear while travelling, however, people have the time to slowly explore it and use their own ways of solving the challenges without recognizing others’ thoughts this time. It is important for people to clear their stress from time to time so that they have a healthy mind and body to face the upcoming challenges.

In general, travelling do not only bring happiness to people. What more important is that people can meet new friends, learn from other’s cultures and put down their stress so to achieve both their mental and physical well-being. Therefore, travelling abroad is a golden opportunity for people explore this amazing world and with the new experiences and insights, people can enrich their lives and make themselves better persons.