Tourism is a relaxation of their return
By Aoife Inman
In the UK we often equate life experience, especially amongst younger generations, with the number of stamps in your passport. That is to say travel is regarded as an enriching life experience that will make your C.V. stand out amongst the other thousand applicants. Travel is not simply a pursuit of leisure but also "character-building", "defining" and potentially "career-boosting".
I can agree that for most of us at university, we would collectively agree that we have all caught the "travel bug". Most of the people I know here at university experience that same itch to get in a plane, train, bus or car and escape the hectic stress of deadlines and seminars that usually surrounds us. But I don't think, as UK students, we can blame our addiction to international travel simply on a stressful life. Yes I have a lot of things to juggle and it's a fine balancing act managing my part-time job, my degree and my social life to a perfect level. But really I think we are the first generation in a truly open world, where we can get anywhere, see anything and experience every culture under the sun, at the click of a button, the purchase of a ticket.
Many people I met whilst working in China were surprised at the number of countries I'd travelled to, which came as a surprise. Compared to friends and family I consider myself vastly under-travelled. I've yet to even set foot across the pond in the U.S.A and Canada, let alone South America and even within Europe my checklist of destinations is far from complete. But more eye opening for me, I was also met by astonishment at how little geographical traversing I had done within my own borders. This was something I had not really considered before and as I left Beijing I felt an overwhelming appreciation not just for the rich culture of China but also for the diverse localities within the UK. How much of my own country had I really seen and experienced? To those from a place as vast and varied as China, Britain was really so small in comparison and so to have spent 20 years there and not seen every nook and cranny of it was quite surprising.
I spent a while engaged in a conversation with a Chinese colleague over the difference in building style, in architecture from the Highlands of Scotland to the Cornish coast. Now for most people this sounds dreary and dull, and I guess I am biased as a student of history that I find anything remotely historical fascinating. However it was not the geological variety of stone within British cities I found interesting, which even I can agree is hardly a riveting subject. What was curious was that it was something I had never even considered, and yet here was someone intrigued by something I had simply taken for granted.
"Yes." I agreed with her, "It is remarkable to find so much diversity in a country of such modest borders", making a mental note to appreciate these small but wonderful characteristics of my home more often. We continued to discuss the reasoning behind our use of golden Cotswold stone and the white render of the scattered coastal cottages of the Atlantic, yet I was left embarrassed that I could not provide a concrete answer to her question. In China, as well as a wealth of new culture that fascinated me, I discovered that there were parts of the UK's culture, history, the very fabric of my identity that were so different, so unique from China that I also gained a new found interest in my own heritage.
In this respect, travelling enables you with two things. Firstly you develop an overwhelming fascination with new cultures, understanding customs, experiencing cuisines and absorbing the sights and smells of every new city. For many employers this adaptability to new locations is seen as a tremendous asset to your personal résumé. But alongside increased employability, through international, cross-cultural conversations, you develop an interest in your own history, culture, and customs. You return to your home filled with an understanding of other people's fascination with it and imbued with your own sense of intrigue at its peculiarities.
“旅”是旅行,外出,即為了實現(xiàn)某一目的而在空間上從甲地到乙地的行進過程;“游”是外出游覽、觀光、娛樂,即為達到這些目的所作的旅行。二者合起來即旅游。所以,旅行偏重于行,旅游不但有“行”,且有觀光、娛樂含義。古時候的旅行有:“旅游媚年春,年春媚游人。”唐王勃《澗底寒松賦》:“歲八月壬子旅游於蜀,尋茅溪之澗! 宋無名氏《異聞總錄》卷一:“臨川畫工黃生,旅游如廣昌,至秩巴寨,卒長郎巖館之。” 明吳承恩《著》:“東園公初晉七袠,言開曼齡,是日高宴……會有京華旅游淮海浪士,聞之歡喜。”《人民文學》1981年第3期:“旅游事業(yè)突起后,就有人在半山寺開設茶水站!
旅游種放松自己的回歸。一些人積攢護照上的印戳以炫耀人生經(jīng)歷,一些人視旅行為塑造人格、為人生履歷添輝的工具,每個人對旅行的意義都有獨特的認知。而在本文的作者看來,旅行其實是"兜轉一圈,于是更愛自己"的經(jīng)歷。從文化差異中更深刻地了解本國文化,于是更熱愛自己的文化屬性,這就是旅行的意義。
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