Educational Value of Traveling

Today, we have railways, de-luxe buses, metro-railways, steamers, ships, aeroplanes and many other means of traveling. Gone are the days of bullock carts and horse-driven carriages. Boats and horses as means of traveling have also become outdated. All modern means of transport have made traveling a luxury and a pleasure.

It is universally recognized that traveling has great educative value. Bookish knowledge does not lead us to the real destination. It is all theoretical and gives us only a sketchy picture of all the things. Traveling enables us to see things, people and places with our own eyes. Visual impressions remain in our mind for a long time, rather they are ever-lasting .Subject like history, geography, economics and social sciences can be better learnt through traveling. It makes our knowledge about these subject first-hand and real.

By traveling we come in contact with other people. We come to know about their habits, customs, costumes, traditions and ways of life. This promotes better understanding. It makes us broad-minded and our outlook is widened. We shed off our prejudices. Educational tours organized by schools and colleges create inter-state and international understanding, sympathy, well-being and goodwill. They cement the bonds of friendship among various states and countries. Thus, they sow the seeds of natural integration and international harmony.