When you travel away you get a chance to see new places and meet new people. There are many positive things about travelling but there are some negative ones as well.
When you travel to visit a new country or city, you feel amazed by what the place has to offer. You get to meet local people who live in the place you visit and taste the local food if you are adventurous. You take videos and pictures to remind you of your visit later on and to show them to your friends and family when you get back.
Sometimes you are lucky because you live in a rich country and the currency that you use has a high value. You can spend a few dollars and enjoy many things. If you come from a poor country, you will not have the same chances because in most cases people from poor countries work really hard and they don't get the chance to travel to see other countries.
Planning your trip before you leave is very important. First of all, you will need to get a visa to enter the country. After that you need to find out some information that will help you in your travel. Go on the internet and try to find pictures of the places that you want to visit and read about the culture of the people there. See exactly how much it will cost you so you don't get surprised when you get there.
There are some government web sites that give people advice before they travel. They provide travellers with information about safety in the country they want to visit and other important pieces of information.
Sometimes when you visit a new country, you appreciate the country you live in more and you know how lucky you are.
Many people in Australia travel to see Europe after they finish their university studies or after they get married. Some people prefer to go to New Zealand or Fiji because they are close to Australia. Immigrants who live in Australia go to visit their own countries to see their families and friends or to attend a wedding of a close relative there. Everyone has a different taste when it comes to travel.
There are people who travel to visit a country but decide to stay on to learn the language. Learning a new language takes a long time and they stay there until they speak the language well. Some of them marry from the country they visit.
There are some disadvantages about travelling. First of all, airline travel costs a lot of money these days. If you are travelling with your spouse and children, think about the high costs of air fares, transport and hotel bookings. Sometimes the country someone travels to is not safe. He or she gets their money or possessions stolen. Sometimes people get sick and catch serious diseases when they visit a different country because health standards in that country are not very high. The water can be polluted or the air may not be good enough to breathe because there are many factories in the place they visit. The country that a tourist visits can be totally different from what he or she imagined before going there and they feel disappointed after making a poor choice.
Visiting a new country can sometimes be costly. Food can be expensive. In countries like France, you can pay up to 9 dollars to have a cup of coffee in some places. There are hotels that cost a few thousand dollars for a person per night. For example, there is one hotel in Dubai that costs 10,000 dollars per night. There are rooms in the hotel for poor people that cost only 2,000 per night.
