Nowadays, the trend of travel is changing as there is a lot of change in life pattern. According to the The 14 Trends That Will Define Travel In 2014s, as the information revolution was done, people become wealth with information because of previously researched information through media and start to shun human interaction, and know their way around everywhere they go. This bore new travel flow called "competitive travel" that aims for visiting as many places as a possible or getting many stamps on the passport before certain age seems in favor. Then, a question can arise; do you think competitive of traveling is worth spreading? There are two good sayings that can represent these two sides.
- One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things." - Henry Miller
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” – Arthur Ashe
Are you Henry Miller or Arthur Ashe? Which of one should be taken care of in memorable travel- Quality vs. Quantity? In the confusability of this problem, I want to argue that paying best attention to the quality is the best way for great travel.
In my article, quality would mean to spend long time in certain places and quantity would mean visiting as many places as possible. Before considering which of them is great, we should set standard of the travel period and where we visit. In my article the travel period and places would follow the average based on the article 2012 Consumer Trends- suppose you would travel about 7 days, visiting famous attractions like museum, historic places, or splendid buildings.
It is true that thanks to the information revolution, we can be rich with information about some places we have never visited there. According to Tourism in the midst of a mobile revolution, the development of IT would lead to astonishing change in tourism.
Anybody who has used the internet for holiday research - for finding the best deals, the best accommodation or the best things to see or do – knows that it is no easy task. However, with improvements in data processing technology expected in the next five years, we will see the development of smarter search engines which will be better at finding and comparing more complex queries. Amadeus predicts that in the near future, consumers will be able to ask a search engine to “find a seven day hiking holiday in South America, under a specific budget, including flights and accommodation, on specific dates,” and it will generate a wide range of possible itineraries and destinations, all reviewed by other tourists and travel experts.
Like this article says, as time goes by it would become much easier to find information we want to get. Amidst this information flow, however, we should know that there are still some reason we cannot help putting a high value on quality in travel.
To acknowledge the importance of quality in travel, let's consider a sayings firstly. This is related with the deep appreciation of travel. "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure (Samuel Johnson)" If you felt that this saying seems dealing with one's effort, you are seeing right. What I want to say through this saying is you should spend enough time if you want to get something meaningful from it. To be busy to see as many attractions as possible would make people just remember the memory they were so hurry, not the appreciation about the place. If you don't spend enough time for it, it is natural to become hard to remember what you see.
Are you still clueless? Then, suppose you are traveling France. Now, you just arrive at Louvre Museum and the tourist says you would spend 10 minuets in here. Can 10 minutes bring deep appreciation trough 10 minutes spending in Louvre which has more than 30,000 pieces of paintings? Do you think Mona Lisa with digital pixel is the same with real one? The understanding about the a painting must be different between those who observed it closely and those who caught a glimpse of it.
Christian Eilers, one of the famous bloger in travel and work as the journalist of Dauntless Jaunter , says like this in his article.
I believe that the best way to educate ourselves, our society, and the people we come into contact with is to travel, but to do it in a way that we are able to soak up the culture, history, art, food, etc. of the places we are traveling to.
Also, in the blog "travel enlightenment" One say his own experience about a woman who just exhausted with competitive traveling.
Then, let's consider about the information. Though I agree with the fact thanks to the internet and other media we could get in anytime and anywhere, it is also true that limits still exist. I want to my own experience as a example of this limitation. My family and my grandparents went on a trip to Ijak island, which is almost at the end of the West Sea. We should find our lodging ourselves and we have no worry at the first time because we believed with smartphone we could find it easily. It was, however, a great mistake. Because that place was out of network connection, we had no answer but asking native citizens. That was not end. During the trip, we are supposed to visit a famous restaurant where we found through internet before leaving after fishing. The restaurant, however, was out of business when we visited there. My father explained our situation to people around of there and they gladly shared some their foodstuffs and let us know another great restaurant. The memory that I and my sister were so furious about the false information of the internet is very vivid. Through this experience I could know that internet is not always reliable and the interaction during the travel is very precious. Those who have such experience would feel empathy what I say.
Besides, qualitative travel is beneficial to not only travelers but also attraction shops. Consider you are a owner of a souvenir shop in a famous zoo. Every travelers drop out and leave to somewhere else. Can you run your shop without customer in this situation?
Some might argue like this way like the saying of Christian Eilers's the article.
However, how can we say he or she has completely enjoyed certain place even if he or she doesn't know anything about? How can we say "I have visited New York" even though I just spent 10 minutes in JFK Airport for transfer? Dropping out is hard to be travel.
Furthermore, empirical information must have difference media cannot convey. How can media, especially internet, convey the very grandiosity of Genesis on Sistine Chapel ceiling through its monitor 100 times smaller than the paintings?
Beside, even though information and appreciation has no problem, they cannot deny this; competitive traveling makes people exhausted mentally and physically. As they visit many places, they have a lot of place to remember and move by so much. Considering this, we could know qualitative travel is more effective than quantitative travel.
Until now, I have talked about the importance of spending time long enough in attractions with these reasons; the deep appreciation, limitation of media information, and benefits of attraction shops. It is still true that tastes differ and there is no problem as long as a person could be happy whether what type of travel the person prefer. Still, I believe that the best memorable travel is hard to happen without the quality time in travel places. Therefore, quality should be taken care of than quantity for the memorable travel.
In my article, quality would mean to spend long time in certain places and quantity would mean visiting as many places as possible. Before considering which of them is great, we should set standard of the travel period and where we visit. In my article the travel period and places would follow the average based on the article 2012 Consumer Trends- suppose you would travel about 7 days, visiting famous attractions like museum, historic places, or splendid buildings.
It is true that thanks to the information revolution, we can be rich with information about some places we have never visited there. According to Tourism in the midst of a mobile revolution, the development of IT would lead to astonishing change in tourism.
Anybody who has used the internet for holiday research - for finding the best deals, the best accommodation or the best things to see or do – knows that it is no easy task. However, with improvements in data processing technology expected in the next five years, we will see the development of smarter search engines which will be better at finding and comparing more complex queries. Amadeus predicts that in the near future, consumers will be able to ask a search engine to “find a seven day hiking holiday in South America, under a specific budget, including flights and accommodation, on specific dates,” and it will generate a wide range of possible itineraries and destinations, all reviewed by other tourists and travel experts.
Like this article says, as time goes by it would become much easier to find information we want to get. Amidst this information flow, however, we should know that there are still some reason we cannot help putting a high value on quality in travel.
To acknowledge the importance of quality in travel, let's consider a sayings firstly. This is related with the deep appreciation of travel. "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure (Samuel Johnson)" If you felt that this saying seems dealing with one's effort, you are seeing right. What I want to say through this saying is you should spend enough time if you want to get something meaningful from it. To be busy to see as many attractions as possible would make people just remember the memory they were so hurry, not the appreciation about the place. If you don't spend enough time for it, it is natural to become hard to remember what you see.
Are you still clueless? Then, suppose you are traveling France. Now, you just arrive at Louvre Museum and the tourist says you would spend 10 minuets in here. Can 10 minutes bring deep appreciation trough 10 minutes spending in Louvre which has more than 30,000 pieces of paintings? Do you think Mona Lisa with digital pixel is the same with real one? The understanding about the a painting must be different between those who observed it closely and those who caught a glimpse of it.
Christian Eilers, one of the famous bloger in travel and work as the journalist of Dauntless Jaunter , says like this in his article.
I believe that the best way to educate ourselves, our society, and the people we come into contact with is to travel, but to do it in a way that we are able to soak up the culture, history, art, food, etc. of the places we are traveling to.
Also, in the blog "travel enlightenment" One say his own experience about a woman who just exhausted with competitive traveling.
I just met a woman who traveled Israel, Jordan and Egypt and was downhearted because of the rush of time. From my personal experience by visiting with many travelers and tourists, many at the end are mince meet – run into the ground with exhaustion.Considering their opinion, competitive traveling seems like fool's gold while qualitative travel make people feel affinity to places where they visit.
Then, let's consider about the information. Though I agree with the fact thanks to the internet and other media we could get in anytime and anywhere, it is also true that limits still exist. I want to my own experience as a example of this limitation. My family and my grandparents went on a trip to Ijak island, which is almost at the end of the West Sea. We should find our lodging ourselves and we have no worry at the first time because we believed with smartphone we could find it easily. It was, however, a great mistake. Because that place was out of network connection, we had no answer but asking native citizens. That was not end. During the trip, we are supposed to visit a famous restaurant where we found through internet before leaving after fishing. The restaurant, however, was out of business when we visited there. My father explained our situation to people around of there and they gladly shared some their foodstuffs and let us know another great restaurant. The memory that I and my sister were so furious about the false information of the internet is very vivid. Through this experience I could know that internet is not always reliable and the interaction during the travel is very precious. Those who have such experience would feel empathy what I say.
Besides, qualitative travel is beneficial to not only travelers but also attraction shops. Consider you are a owner of a souvenir shop in a famous zoo. Every travelers drop out and leave to somewhere else. Can you run your shop without customer in this situation?
Some might argue like this way like the saying of Christian Eilers's the article.
a person who travels to places for a quick moment is still accomplishing something, still experiencing a new destination, even if it is brief. There is no harm, and perhaps even a net positive that this form of travel can offer a person, as far as culture and education are concerned. A person who has traveled to 100 countries in a year is still going to have plenty of stories – that’s incontestable; perhaps the amount of stories can equal or surpass the stories of a person who traveled through one country in a year. One point in the favor of competitive travelers – these guys are more likely to be around people more often, as frequent journeys to and from destinations usually force one to submit to the joys that are travel transportation, such as planes. And being around people in a foreign destination is a learning experience, more times than not. Also, in just short minutes we can do many things; having a coffee break with a person I just met in there, appreciating beautiful scenery.Moreover, because of the development of information technology, we can get a lot of information what we want to know.
However, how can we say he or she has completely enjoyed certain place even if he or she doesn't know anything about? How can we say "I have visited New York" even though I just spent 10 minutes in JFK Airport for transfer? Dropping out is hard to be travel.
Furthermore, empirical information must have difference media cannot convey. How can media, especially internet, convey the very grandiosity of Genesis on Sistine Chapel ceiling through its monitor 100 times smaller than the paintings?
Beside, even though information and appreciation has no problem, they cannot deny this; competitive traveling makes people exhausted mentally and physically. As they visit many places, they have a lot of place to remember and move by so much. Considering this, we could know qualitative travel is more effective than quantitative travel.
Until now, I have talked about the importance of spending time long enough in attractions with these reasons; the deep appreciation, limitation of media information, and benefits of attraction shops. It is still true that tastes differ and there is no problem as long as a person could be happy whether what type of travel the person prefer. Still, I believe that the best memorable travel is hard to happen without the quality time in travel places. Therefore, quality should be taken care of than quantity for the memorable travel.
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