• frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Local tourism is underrated. Your local destinations may not be known around the world, but they are nice enough and what makes travel enjoyable is breaking your daily routine and spending time outdoors with your loved ones, both of which you can do nearly anywhere.

    Mixed mode travel where you hop on a train and then explore an area by hiking or bike touring is particularly rewarding.

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      1 year ago

      True but there’s a lot to be said about experiencing other cultures and countries.

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        1 year ago

        Only to the extent that it makes you realize we are all the same, I guess. Or at least that’s how I feel after having lived in three countries and marrying somebody from a fourth.

        There is a lot that you can learn and experience from other countries and cultures without actually traveling there. And there is very little you learn from a few days visiting some crowded tourist traps.

        Just my opinion.

        • noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          True. Having never actually been abroad, I know what I know based on immense amounts of various conversations I’ve had with people all over the world in several languages - learning that, despite all the differences, we’re all largely similar on very important ways, is a very humbling, wholesome, and eye-opening experience. Also usually makes you much more resistant to all the exploitation posing as some “Do it for your country!” crap.