Why is it important to travel to other countries?

Wheatland I have to write a persuasive essay about why it is important to travel to other countries. One sub-topic is that you get to experience another culture and lifestyle. I dont know why else. Any ideas would be appriciated!!! Hillsborough well people are racist, but how can u be racist/prejudice against a certain group without having been firsthand in their environment. for instance at the moment everyone is talking about America being bad ect with the war and everything but half these people saying things havnt ever been to America, its actually an amazing country even if it does have its faults (like every other country). also if you dont travel your not experiancing anything else outside your norm and going to have a fairly straight forward view of things, (this is a generalisation) but you widen your view of things by being in different places St. Johns To dispel prejudices. Once you are there you see how the people really live & get to immerse yourself in their everyday lives. Plus if things work out you can met some really cool people. De Smet well one reason is it helps to gain perspective on our own lives and culture to have other culture models to compare ourselves to. Erwin It is not important at all, the person has to first attend to his basic needs and have a good education and career to generate enough money to use for adventure