Travelling has always been regarded as a part of young one's education. In olden days it was tradition in Europe that after completing their academic career young men of high families were sent abroad to get training in practical life.
Travelling hives us first hand knowledge which books cannot provide. Books are a mighty bloodless substitute for life says Stevenson and can impart only second hand knowledge at the best. But while travelling abroad, one gets accustomed to bear hardship. He learns the lesson of self independence and self confidence. Thus travelling gives an excellent training for building one's character.
Travelling also brings about an understanding between different nations and links them together in close culture relations. Our world has become one big family on account of the ease and speed provided to us by new means of travel. Good will missions of one country visit another country. In recent years many such missions have come to Pakistan from various countries of the world and the results are very encouraging.
Travelling also serves as a true test for one's strength of character. Our love for good and dislike against be evil depend largely on public raise and blame. At home there is a check if elders and either out of their fear or due to social cheeks we regular our conduct in accordance with the rules of decency. These checks are absent in a foreign and land where no one known as. Thus if we can shoe fellow, felling, courage, generosity, and goodness while travelling among stranger, it mean that we really have a strong character.
World's great Traveler men like Ibnai batuta, Coloumbus and Sadi Shirazi have been men of great renown. They acquired a knowledge above men through travels and became great discoveries poets and experienced men of the world.
Thus we may conclude in every land and through all ages, the importance of travelling had been realized. Therefore, one educationists as well as our social institutions, should give due importance to this aspect of human life....
