Do you think that the more you travel, the open minded you become?

Question

" travel broadens the mind"

Answer 1

Yes definately.  Also living somewhere that has lots of tourists, travellers or just lots of through traffic.

If you live in a dead end little backwater that no one wants to visit, you can end up very narrow minded.

Answer 2

Yes definatley!!!

You begin to understand and accept things in life, things about different cultures etc

Answer 3

Yes - a lot of the same things are happening in supposedly disparate areas. Inner cities troubles, McDonald's everywhere, deforestation... and also people working hard to uplift one another. My favorite travel experience was Ireland... so I moved here!

Answer 4

Yes, it definately broadens the mind and shows you that the way "we" do it isn't always the only way... nor is it always the best way either.

Answer 5

Yeah you become more open minded toward the rest of the world and other cultures, but cynicism sets in at some point and you actually become more closed minded about how f'ed up our country can be. It's all about your perspective.

Answer 6

Absolutely.  Experience is something the text book can't tell you.  You have to be there to see it; feel it and absorb all that goes on around you.  An old chinese saying, "Reading thousands of books still cannot equal to travelling thousands of miles."  Do not cocoon yourself.  There is a whole world out there.

Answer 7

Depends on the person. Most people go come back and go "that was fun" and that's it.

Answer 8

Lot of well traveled ignorance

Answer 9

Travel tends to educate you and you see different perspectives on life, so yes.

Answer 10

yeah, but since i cant travel i enjoy reading about exotic locations daily, i learn so much about other cultures....when i graduate from college i really want to just take a break to explore our planet!!!

Answer 11

Definitely. There's so much outside of my "bubble" and way of life that I'd never know about if I just stuck with the familiar.

Answer 12

i believe being open minded is a personal choice that you make yourself regardless of whether you've even traveled or not. it's possible to do all the traveling possible and not have any more of an open mind than what you began with. i believe that if you are not willing to accept that there are other ways of existing, other truths, other realities and/or preferences than you will always be restricted to your own way of thinking. the mere fact that you have physically been to other places in the world doesn't automatically and instantenously give you a broader mind...more travel doesn't necessarily equate to broader mind.

Answer 13

Yes, I do think so!

Answer 14

yes i have travelled for over 20 years and it has helped me understand the way other people live and how they have coped with certain things. and how lucky some of us are.

Answer 15

yes, because you meet new people and ideas, and encounter new experiences.

Answer 16

Yes it can make you broadminded but it also makes you rootless.

Answer 17

yes without a doubt,,,

Answer 18

yes because you become more aware of different cultures as you experience them firsthand. travelling is one of the greatest sources of knowledge, and yet if you never do travel and stay in your hometown, that is the only culture you know, so the chances are that you would be very narrow minded. travelling opens up more ideas in your mind of how people choose to live their lives.

Answer 19

Yes it does broaden the mind. It also can have a negative impact on you. Have you ever been to South East Asia ? Beautiful countries, but in many ways so uncivilised when it comes to sanitation, driving, spitting, good service etc. I assure you I am not racist.

Answer 20

Definitely.  George W Bush didn't leave the country to check other places until he was already a president.  I rest my case.

Answer 21

partly...but i think it has a lot to do with the person's disposition to begin with...