Travelling isn’t only an activity that rejuvenates the body, but it also works wonders on nurturing the soul. Saint Augustine rightly said, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page”. Whether the travel is local or international, going to a different place is a learning experience in terms of new locations, cultures, and food to explore. All these experiences lead to a sense of calm and connection with your inner soul, which results in happiness, contentment and a strong bonding with your family.

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Here are some reasons why traveling can be good for your health:

Helps you stay mobile
The greatest benefit that comes with travel is constant activities, as you take excursion trips, go sightseeing, and explore your new whereabouts. These constant activities are directly related to good health, as the help, you shed those extra pounds and improve your cardiovascular system with healthier lungs and heart. By walking around, you are unknowingly working out. This helps trigger your happy hormones, and you will witness a drop in your stress levels. You don’t need international trips that have heavy budgets, but you can even try small getaways, which would work miraculously for your health. Due to physical activity, your heart pumps and lowers the risk of high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. The key is to constantly move around, and not use your holiday for merely lazing around in your room!

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Helps sharpen your brain
A healthy mind must be supported by a healthy body. In this context, it has been proven that traveling does help in enhancing the health of the brain considerably. Going to a new place is a challenge where you are learning and absorbing new things, navigating new paths, learning a new language, and possibly adapting to a new geography. This is precisely the reason why doctors always suggest that people should regularly incorporate doing crossword and Sudoku puzzles into their holiday routine, as it may help improve mental health and keep Alzheimer’s at bay, particularly in older age. Scientists have also discovered that walking/hiking are very crucial in helping the brain to grow physically, as our hippocampus reduces in size over age and this affects the amount of information we are able to take in and retain. Studies have shown that those who regularly walk have the possibility of enhancing their hippocampus by 2% each year! So walking during traveling is great for keeping cognitive/memory related issues at bay. The other great thing about traveling is that you inhale fresh air from a pristine environment, which in turn boosts your ability to think positively.

Helps you to disconnect from stress
Stress has evolved as the biggest silent killer that not only affects you mentally but also takes a toll on you physically. Going to a new place is important, if you want to escape the turmoil and stress of everyday life. Travelling helps you to get rid of your stress hormones, as you find yourself away from constant work pressures and feel closer to your family and friends.

Helps boost creativity 
It is known for a fact that people who are creative are healthier than those who are not. Travelling helps enhance creativity, and this stands true for authors and artists who travel to gain inspiring ideas or experiences that can help them emerge with a fine work of art. Travelling helps you creatively map out an ideal way to handle situations and become more tolerant. Travelling forces you out of your comfort zone, where you have to innovate and find a way of dealing with the situation. This not only helps you to handle the curve balls that life throws to you but also increases your ability to take risks.

So keep your bags packed, and whenever you have some time in hand, step out to explore the world – and, of course, bid goodbye to an unhealthy monotonous life.

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