Certainly, travel is a lot more than what the person sees; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
Mary Ritter Beard
Travelling broadens ones mind besides the other obvious benefits and values that are associated with it. How important is travel to individuals?
The importance of travel depends on person to person. Some are wanderlust , like to travel and enjoy every bit of it, while some prefer to sit at home and enjoy.
I personally feel travel is more than the sight seeing, Travelling to different places gives us chance to explore the different aspects of those places, get to know different cultures and social norms.
I like travelling to much. I visited Rohtangpass when I was only 15 years old. Break from routine work is very important to recharge ourself and travelling is best one option of it. India is country where every state have their own culture, tradition and eating habit. All these are enough for us to have a new experience.
anil wrote:I like travelling to much. I visited Rohtangpass when I was only 15 years old. Break from routine work is very important to recharge ourself and travelling is best one option of it. India is country where every state have their own culture, tradition and eating habit. All these are enough for us to have a new experience.
I agree, India has so much to offer ! It is my dream to travel to all states and travel through all parts of our country..
Travelling opens an inner eye. If one is not fond of reading and is not even interested in travelling then his/her thought remains quite narrow. Once a person starts exploring through travelling then it helps to understand and do comparative study from which one is able to pick the good points.
Sadly I doubt if there is even one tourist spot or city in India that is a tourists delight ! Either the surrounding are dirty or you find people surrounding you, selling things or offering their services as guide, all of which puts you off..added to that the crowds and the poor facililities makes the experience quite a nightmare. The tourist sector has been totally neglected by all governments , state and central !
vijay wrote:Average Indian traveller does not enjoy tourism. He is only intersted in reaching destination and immediately moving to next one. He is quantity driven rather than quality driven.
very true, travel and exploration is not in the genes of Hindus. One hears of mariners like Vasco de Gama and other great travellers, but never a Indian. Hindus did not produce any great travellor, explorer or conqueror. Muslims were great travellers like Ibn Battuta, conquerors as well.
Traveling for the purpose of gaining knowledge and absorption of other cultures and heritage is not very acceptable amongst Indian travelers. Most Indians travel only for the purpose of holy pilgrimage and now nature and adventure, water parks, amusement parks is added, basic purpose being to accumulate virtues and have as much fun as possible.
Visit any museum or art gallery in India and you see there are more foreigners than Indians.
Sometime back I met two persons who had been on 21 day European tour, one in a Gujarati and another in a Marathi group tour. I myself have been to some countries in Europe twice. So we were sharing experiences. Both the persons were thrilled that they had Indian food throughout the tour and did not taste European food. When I told them that eating their food would have given you an experience they were very surprised. I have observed that tourism for us is to see a place and move on. We rarely enjoy a place.
Most Indians travelling abroad for not want to leave their comfort zone - be with Indians, eat Indian food,continue to act the way they do in India like breaking ques speaking loudly, calling out to each other at the top of their voice . From what I have heard from other people. Indian tourists are not liked at all by foreigners, they are tolerated.
Why don't we learn the positive aspects of other places when we travel rather than force ourselves on them?
usha manohar wrote:Most Indians travelling abroad for not want to leave their comfort zone - be with Indians, eat Indian food,continue to act the way they do in India like breaking ques speaking loudly, calling out to each other at the top of their voice . From what I have heard from other people. Indian tourists are not liked at all by foreigners, they are tolerated.
Why don't we learn the positive aspects of other places when we travel rather than force ourselves on them?
True Usha, I have heard often from my British friends how loud and littery Indian tourists are and they are barely tolerated out of politeness and common civility. The purpose of tourism should be basically to learn more about the culture and ways of the places we visit, enjoy and savour local delicacies and try to understand what kind of life is lead by people in those places. And Indians fail terribly in those aspects.
The Indians ipso facto throughout history have never been great travellers. Historically I am aware of only Guru Nanak who travelled to Mecca, Baghdad and Rameshwaram on to Lanka. This non-travel and insular approach have rubbed on to most Indians, but there is a new breed who are throwing old traditions to the wind and travelling. I myself have visited at least 36 countries. But everything takes time. My most cherished visit is to Cuba and Rio as an add on after my stint with the USAF
Travelling is fun, as for me I travel for adventure and get to know about different cultures and peoples. And If you ask me travel word sounds great to me. It's a good idea to visit different places rather than sitting around in the nest.
I'm from Himachal, I think my fellow boddunans will love to visit this holy place which is next to heaven. You'll love this place and the peoples. India is full of awesome places but in from my side Himachal is the crown of India. I bet you don't even think about leaving this place.
Just get here peoples...peace.
@kiran8