We use the words ‘’Tourist’’ and ‘’Traveler’’ interchangeably. It may seem like splitting hair but these titles have different implications. Generally, a traveler is the person who travels to learn and to experience new things whereas a tourist is a traveler who travels for pleasure at a tourist spot.Traveler consider the trip as a journey whereas a tourist call it as a vacation.
Fancy yourself a traveler? Find out and see that you are a traveler not a tourist.
- You are a daydreamer of your next trips.You are always counting down for your next trip.
- Solo Travel is your choice.You prefer it because it is a convenient way for trip & making new friends.
- Your phone is packed with every geography and travel apps you could possibly need.
- You use airport codes for the cities. For example: Newyork: NYC, London:LON, Zurich: ZRH, Kathmandu:KTM
- Passport is your favourite personal item.You have many stamps on every page.
- You are a good packer.Your friends comes to you for packing tips.
- Your walls are covered with maps and photos marked of places you’ve been or would love to go.
- You have a map of the world tattooed somewhere on your body.
- You are a collector of multiple currencies from around the world.
- You try with the local language, but so far you’ve got only got ‘’Please’’, ‘’thank you’’, ‘’hello’’, and some more on your repertoire.
- Your New Year’s resolution always includes the place you want to visit in the coming year.
- Your permanent address is still your parent’s house, because you’re never in once place for long enough.
- You are a subscriber to both ‘’National Geographic’’ and ‘’National Geographic Traveler’’.
- When you meet some someone new, your first question is ‘’Where are you from?’’
- You are very fond of using instagram.
- You spend all day reading travel blogs and probably have your own.
- You save money for a plane ticket rather than spending them at new clothes or other personal accessories.
- You have a facebook cover photo of the destination you have been/you love to visit.
- You have weather and time-zone as your favourite spots because you like to know.
- If someone asks you about your biggest passion, ‘’travel’’ is your answer without a second thought.
- You have a collection of souvenirs, memories, gifts and random items from the abroad.
Well, we can say that every tourist are travelers but every traveler are not tourists.