Man is essentially a nomad in his
life. His desire for travelling is perennial. The next horizon always invites
him and he yields to the call of the Distant. Next and next station is his
goal. Modern man’s desire for travelling is an inheritance from his forefathers
who led nomadic lives in the primitive age. Everyman, mentally, is a ‘Sindbad
the Sailor’ who warns to go out to meet the Indefinite at every chance.
Travelling satisfies man’s craving
for meeting the unseen and knowing the unknown. It instructs and educates the
man who undertakes travelling. Modern concept of education has come to lay,
therefore, much stress on travelling.
Lesson on history and geography
become practical, attractive and wholesome through travelling. The monuments
and historical relics, when visited by the modern man, take him back to the
very ages when those were built and then came to be dilapidated. Again, a visit
to an unknown land lay, before us the topographical details of the land, The
food habits, the clothes, the social culture and the religious legacy of the
inhabitants of that land and its climatic peculiarities become to the traveller
vivid, direct and- apparent.
Travelling has so many beneficial
contributions to our education. First of all, it serves the highest purpose of
education as it broadens our outlook and instills understanding in our heart.
It drives away one’s superstition, selfishness and shyness. By coming in close
contact with the peoples of diverse religions and cultures a traveller
gradually develops an aptitude that makes him a member of the greater world
community, and thus, he becomes a true cosmopolitan. The hardships of
travelling and its experiences make a man painstaking6, patient arid learned.
Ours is a very poor country while educational
travelling is an expensive undertaking. So, such tours should be conducted
wisely and systematically with the governmental help. Our schools and colleges
must send out their students at least once in a year in a package tour.
