10 Tips For More Meaningful Travel

What’s the difference between a tourist and a traveller? And how can we have more meaningful travel experiences even while traveling for leisure?

Throughout my experiences of being a tourist, exchange student, international intern and expat, I have been reflecting constantly on these questions of identity, foreignness and the assumptions bound up in the practice and concept of travel.

I came up with a list of ten “tips” to travel in a more meaningful, reflective way. It’s not exhaustive, but I hope it’s a conversation starter.

Read my piece at Conscious Magazine.

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For more thoughts on the role of travel in my life, see the Globetrottin’ page on this blog.

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