Travel is a good thing. I’ve encouraged it in many, many blog posts. But, in the rush to get people to travel, we often over look the negative impact of it. We talk about how travel can be a force for good- breaking down social barriers, connecting people, teaching people about life, but, we over look the bad. Is too much travel a bad thing? Is there an argument for traveling less? Are we all, even with the best intentions, doing harm to the very thing we want the most? Nothing is ever perfect but if I had to make an argument against travel, these are the points I would make: Travel destroys local cultures – The globalization of food, travel, hotels, language diminishes the very culture we traveled so far to see. Instead of going out to seek the unknown, most people stay in resorts and hotels, never experiencing the country they are in. We have big resorts, hotels, and restaurants wherever we go. It’s as though we travel to never leave home. Where ever we go, we seem to bring our western culture with us. Travel makes the world Disneyland – From the hill tribes of Thailand to the Andes to cowboys of America, travelers have a certain expectation of what a place is and how the people should act. We travel to see that expectation. We travel to see Crocodile Dundee, Mayans, Native Americans, and hill tribe cultures in Asia

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