Why people travel ? 英文1000字小论文

Why people travel ? 英文1000字小论文.有答案分绝对送上。

1 The fast development of modern technology has not only provided people with a considerable amount of disposable income, but also enable them to enjoy long weekends and paid holidays.　Never before have so many people traveled to so many different parts of the world and, with the help of fast, comfortable modes of modern transport, more and more people are tempted to leave their homes to see more of the world.　It seems as if there are travelers everywhere.

　　People travel because traveling benefits them in a number of ways.　First, it enables them to derive much pleasure from sight- seeing and photo-taking.　Second, traveling relieves them from strain and makes them thoroughly relaxed and ready to resume their work with renewed efforts.　Third, it offers them an opportunity to visit old friends and make new friends as well.　Finally, it allows them to see different customs, learn new things, gain new experience and enables them to come back with a broader mind.

　　With so many advantages to traveling, I think people should be encouraged to travel from time to time, especially on holidays, if their finance and health permit.
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The growth of tourism has become a contemporary phenomenon experienced by all countries in the world.

International tourist arrivals alone reached as high as 546 million in 1994 and is forecasted to rise to 937 million in 2010 ,according to WTO.

The above figures will be dwarfed considerably if one takes domestic tourists into consideration.

Without barriers of national borders, languages, differences in cultures and so on ,people to travel more freely and frequently within their own countries.

But why do people travel so much?

According to Maslow ,there is a hierarchy of universal wants and needs found in every human being.

At the lower levels of the hierarchy are the needs for survival which range from physiological needs such as hunger and thirst to the needs for security and safety.

Above them come the needs to belong ,to be loved ,and to be accepted by a social group.

Next are the needs for self-esteem ,self-respect and the esteem of others.

Ultimately at the top of the hierarchy there are the needs for self-actualization or self-realization, that is ,the need to develop one’s own potential ,the need for aesthetic stimulation ,the need to create or to build one’s own personality and character, etc. After one’s own survival is well established, people will naturally seek the gratification of other needs.

Then tourism turns out to be a good solution, since it provides ample chances to satisfy most of the needs, and the needs ,in turn ,constitute major motivational factors for people to travel and go on vacation .

For example, the need for safety and self-preservation, which makes it necessary for a person to rest ,to relax, and to have a change of pace ,climate ,environment ,etc. can be fulfilled by travel.

On the other hand ,esteem, which involves recognition and admiration from neighbors ,friends, and colleagues, often motivates a person to travel .Even “self-actualization” may be achieved when a long-held dream comes true on certain trip.