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Should you live as a tourist or as a local in a foreign country?

Veedushi

Hello everyone,


I hope all is well with you.


For an upcoming article in °µÍø½ûÇø Magazine, aimed at helping future °µÍø½ûÇøriates better integrate into their new countries, we'd like your input on the following topic:


Experiencing °µÍø½ûÇøriation as both a tourist and a local can enrich and diversify your time abroad, easing your integration and filling each day with new discoveries and learning opportunities.


Do you agree with this perspective?


Please note that your responses may be featured in the article.


Thank you in advance for your contributions, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.


Best regards,

Veedushi

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01/24/25 For both the tourist and the °µÍø½ûÇø, the key to integration is respect.  The tourist is trying to integrate as as a welcome guest, the °µÍø½ûÇø is trying to integrate as a member of the community.  For both, respect for local people, culture and customs is important; for the °µÍø½ûÇø, it's essential.


The best way to show respect is to attempt to speak to people in their own language.  Insisting, or seeming to insist, that people speak a foreign language in their own country puts up barriers.  Trying to speak to them in their own language lowers barriers, even if the person trying doesn't speak well.  The effort is usually appreciated.


Cooks know that the way to make a good salad dressing is "to be a spendthrift with the oil, and a miser with the vinegar."  Similarly, to become a welcome tourist or an accepted °µÍø½ûÇø, being a spendthrift with the praise and a miser with the criticisms is a very good start.

alan279

@Veedushi

I think that some °µÍø½ûÇøriates don’t want to assimilate into the culture of their new countries.

Fred

Mixed.

I still go the tourist route when exploring, but a curious tourist who doesn't visit tourist hotshots. I'd far sooner see real life in my adopted country.


As for local, I'm never going to be Indonesian, but I follow all the unwritten rules that make society here amazing.

Fred

@Veedushi
I think that some °µÍø½ûÇøriates don’t want to assimilate into the culture of their new countries. - @alan279

True, and fair enough, but I feel that's only a difficulty when an °µÍø½ûÇø goes against local behavioural norns.

Sadly for °µÍø½ûÇøs who live in °µÍø½ûÇø bubbles, I believe they miss out on so much their host country has to offer.

Veedushi

Hi everyone!


Thanks for your responses. I really appreciate it.


Best regards,


Veedushi