Some people think that when a person travels into a different culture they should adapt to the local practices and customs To what extent do you agree

Travelling has become a global phenomenon. In the age of swift air travel, super fast trains and comfortable luxury buses, travelling has become immensely easier than ever before. Some people think that tourists should adapt to the local practices and traditions of the place they are travelling to. I strongly agree with this notion.

Tourists should always research before travelling to a place which has a culture different than what they are used to. Some countries are very strict about their culture and any indifference might cause you serious trouble. Travellers need to to be informed about the local practices and customs so that they don't do anything which might hurt the sentiments of the local people. For example, women in some Middle East countries are not allowed outside their homes without a burkha. Needless to say, female tourists can be fined or even sent to prison if they are unaware of this or try to deviate from this practice.

Similarly, a type of hand gesture in India which simply translates to, "are you hungry", has a vulgar meaning in France. To avoid such bad experiences we need to adapt to local practices of dos and don't. While most countries don't have a hard and fast rule about their customs and always welcome tourists with open arms, it is always better to adjust to local practices and customs. It gives you an insight into their traditions and creates beautiful and memorable experiences. Adapting new customs not only reciprocates your warmness and respect towards the local people but it also makes you a better fellow human.

To conclude, there might be some people who do not want to follow or adapt to a culture they are travelling and vice-versa. But accepting a new culture always imparts exciting new experiences and helps you to connect with the local people. Besides, it also helps you avoid any disrespect or misunderstanding.

Votes
Average: 7.3 (1 vote)
Essays by the user:

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 92, Rule ID: RATHER_THEN[2]
Message: Did you mean 'different 'from''? 'Different than' is often considered colloquial style.
Suggestion: from
...o a place which has a culture different than what they are used to. Some countries a...
^^^^
Line 3, column 241, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: to
...se you serious trouble. Travellers need to to be informed about the local practices a...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 310, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ocal practices and customs so that they dont do anything which might hurt the sentim...
^^^^
Line 5, column 209, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
... to adapt to local practices of dos and dont. While most countries dont have a hard ...
^^^^
Line 5, column 236, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...s of dos and dont. While most countries dont have a hard and fast rule about their c...
^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, if, similarly, so, while, for example

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 10.4138276553 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 24.0651302605 112% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 41.998997996 98% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 8.3376753507 12% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1586.0 1615.20841683 98% => OK
No of words: 317.0 315.596192385 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.00315457413 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21953715646 4.20363070211 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64413535975 2.80592935109 94% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 176.041082164 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.542586750789 0.561755894193 97% => OK
syllable_count: 495.0 506.74238477 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.3835774201 49.4020404114 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.2941176471 106.682146367 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6470588235 20.7667163134 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.35294117647 7.06120827912 47% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.01903807615 100% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.401027274842 0.244688304435 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.116680432408 0.084324248473 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0973652854703 0.0667982634062 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.232569138922 0.151304729494 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0315906263271 0.056905535591 56% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 13.0946893788 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 50.2224549098 106% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.4159519038 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.58950901804 96% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 78.4519038076 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 9.78957915832 66% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?

---------------------

Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.