Travelling is a great source of knowledge. It has
also much educational value. While travelling a person meets different persons
and -visits different places. In this way he increases his knowledge. Many
educational institutions organize educational tours for their students. In the
western countries travelling among the young boys and girls is a very popular
pastime.
Travelling is also a pleasure. One can get respite
from his daily routine and worries by travelling. It gives us the opportunity
to meet our friends and relatives who are living far away from us. It also give
us the opportunity to meet new people and get acquainted with their new customs
and traditions. One can also eat different kinds of goods while travelling.
We can also know about other countries by reading
travel books. But when we travel to these places we can see the things with our
own eyes. The account of those places which we get from the books is second
rate, whereas by travelling to those place we get the first-hand knowledge.
By travelling we can visit many historical places
like Murree, Multan, Kalar Kahar, etc. We can see these historical places and
learn about their importance. Similarly we can see many other places of tourist
interest and historical importance. We can also visit places like the Valley of
Kashmir and enjoy--it heavenly beauty. Travelling in the mountainous areas of
North is also a great experience.
According to Bacon “Travelling in the young is part
of education, in the elder, a part of experience”. The young can gain a lot by
travelling. They can learn about the local customs language, culture etc. By
travelling or*e also becomes social and learns to mix with other people. His
outlook because cosmopolitan. Travelling teaches us to be free from narrow
mindedness and prejudices. A person who seldom travels remains a frog of a well.
He is full of prejudices and narrow mindedness. Travelling makes our outlook
liberal and cultivates the spirit of toleration.
Travelling promotes the spirit of brotherhood. In
our country there are many social and political evils like caste ism provincialism,
communal ism. But free travelling and intermixing of the different communities
removes many of these narrow prejudices, because when people travel in buses or
trains they meet many new persons. They also try to understand other’s point of
view.
Similarly travelling to foreign countries also
gives us a lot of experience and pleasure. We cony-to know about their progress
and development as well as their culture. Travelling abroad develops the spirit
of universal brotherhood and cosmopolitanism. Many of the problems of the world
can cosmopolitanism. Many of the problems of the world can be solved today if all
barriers in the way of free travel are removed. Lack of communication among the
people of different countries is the main cause of’ their misunderstanding and
disputes.
Travelling is thus a wonderful experience. It
enables us to gain first-hand information about our own country as well as about
foreign countries. The whole world is one family is developed; it sharpens our
understanding and observation. We also become alert and smart. Travelling is a
wonderful training of the mind and the spirit. It is, therefore, very essential
that the hobby of travelling should be inculcated among the youth.