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Consider a country other than your own. Do you think your impression of what it is like is accurate? Do you think you can truly get an insight without visiting? How long do you have to visit for and how much of the country do you have to see? Is a holiday enough, or do you need to live and work there?
| Yes | 4 | |
| No | 21 |
From personal experience- you've got to live it to know it. Experiencing a foreign country through vacation eyes provides a very narrow, limited view. Try opening a bank account or renting an apartment or arranging to have utilities in that apartment in another country...you will very quickly see the difference between tourist and resident.
If you say that it will be based on tourists and stereotypes. That is not a very accurate way of identifying everyone. Tourists will often act different during travel. Sometimes they will act like snobs like they are better which a lot of immigrants also do(which irritates me personally). Some will be respectful and polite and sometimes go out of their way to learn the culture and language of that country. So will not always act like themselves.
My impression of my own country is only partially accurate. It's a rather large and diverse place. I spent six months living in another country and while I got comfortable with the place, it was obvious I didn't fully "know" it. I do enjoy exploring and experiencing new places but I try not to have too many expectations on a place. Half the fun is discovery.