Why Travel?

Architecture

Art galleries

Botanical gardens

Changing the world

Concert halls

Conferences

Education

Festivals

Hotels

Languages

Libraries

Markets

Museums

Nature

New ideas

Opera houses

Organizations

Parks

People

Restaurants

Spas

Universities

Youth hostels

Zoos

Alternatives: most of these attractions have cheaper alternatives, although of course not as good as the original: books, CDs, DVDs, films, the internet, pen pals (e.g., as one of my friends called them, “long-haired dictionaries”), consulates, and local ethnic restaurants (e.g. Berkeley has a German restaurant).