It is irrefutable that travel has gain the poularity recently. While few people opine that travellers should follow the customs and traditions of the country they are traveling to, I feel people should adapt local practices to an extent that it should not hurt their own sentiments. There should be harmony among people in adapting customs and cultures.
To begin with, it is certainly easier for people to get settled in foreign place if the person follows the local culture. This is because natives would treat him as one of them rather as a foreigner. For example, if you are travelling to canada and you know the French language, it would be easier for you to communicate with the residents and make friends. Additionally, knowing the practices and behaviors of the foreign country, people are actually aware about what is legal or illegal in the country. Thus, it is always a best practice to explore the culture and customs of the place before travelling.
However, the host country should be open to embrace the culture and traditions of the tourists. They should appreciate the diversity in the world and accept behaviors of the people without judgements. For instance, countries like thailand, where the food is mostly non-vegan and sea food, but alot of people like me who are vegan do travel to these to enjoy the serenity and local people cannot force to eat meat. Thus, as a solution the country has opened new vegetarian food corners to allow all kind of tourists.
To conclude, in my opinion, people from different countries do have different cultures and rituals but all of these are man-made, the travellers and host natives should be open to adapt the diversity in a way that their behaviors do not hurt anyone's feeling and maintain peace across borders.
It is irrefutable that travel has gain the
poularity
recently. While few
people
opine that
travellers
should follow the customs and traditions of the
country
they are traveling to, I feel
people
should adapt local practices to an extent that it should not hurt their
own
sentiments. There should be harmony among
people
in adapting customs and cultures.
To
begin
with, it is
certainly
easier for
people
to
get
settled in foreign place if the person follows the local
culture
. This is
because
natives would treat him as one of them
rather
as a foreigner.
For example
, if you are travelling to
canada
and you know the French language, it would be easier for you to communicate with the residents and
make
friends.
Additionally
, knowing the practices and behaviors of the foreign
country
,
people
are actually aware about what is legal or illegal in the
country
.
Thus
, it is always
a
best practice to explore the
culture
and customs of the place
before
travelling.
However
, the host
country
should be open to embrace the
culture
and traditions of the tourists. They should appreciate the diversity in the world and accept behaviors of the
people
without judgements.
For instance
,
countries
like
thailand
, where the food is
mostly
non-vegan and sea food,
but
alot
of
people
like me who are vegan do travel to these to enjoy the serenity and local
people
cannot force
to eat
meat.
Thus
, as a solution the
country
has opened new vegetarian food corners to
allow
all kind of tourists.
To conclude
, in my opinion,
people
from
different
countries
do have
different
cultures
and rituals
but
all of these are
man
-made, the
travellers
and host natives should be open to adapt the diversity in a way that their behaviors do not hurt anyone's feeling and maintain peace across borders.