Why Traveling is Good for Your Health?

“Traveling the world isn’t just fun and exciting; there’s ample research to suggest it’s highly beneficial for your physical, mental and emotional health as well” (NBC News)Traveling is one of the best things you can do for your health. It is good for your mental, physical, and emotional health . Traveling also helps you take a break from everyday stresses like work or school. Traveling can also boost your creatively. Before authors and painting start a new project, they often times like to travel to help with their creativity (Thrive Global). Isolation can be really bad for your health . Human aren’t isolated creatures, we are mean’t to socialize with others. Social interaction has numinous amount of benefits like boost your confident and self esteem. Traveling is a perfect way to cure that problem, where you are more likely to socialize with others.

Traveling can make you healthier. According to a study from Global Commission and Aging and Transamerica Center found that women who take vacation at least twice a year show a lower risk of suffering heart attack  than those who only travel once every six years or so. It also show that men who do not take annual vacation show  a 20% higher risk of death and 30% greater risk of heart disease.  Traveling can also enhance your creativity. Adam Galinsky a professor at Columbia Business School discovered that “foreign experience increase in both cognitive flexibly and depth and integrativeness of thought, the ability to make deep connection s between disparate forms (NBCNews). Finally traveling has also been proven to lower stress level, and increase happiness and satisfaction; because people tend to be happier when they’re traveling and don’t have to worry about work or school. A Cornell University Study discovered that people can experience a direct happiness just by planning a trip.

In conclusion traveling has numerous amount of benefits. It is good for your mental and physical health. It can allows to to be more social which is good for your health. It is also a great stress reliever. Studies have shown that traveling can lower the risk of heart disease and even death. Finally traveling can also boost your happiness and confinement. So, make sure to travel more once quarantine is finally over.

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