How to Be a Good Tourist

We travel not only for work but also for fun and learning. Restaurants, galleries, temples and architecture… These places are like homes for people who live and work there. How would you want visitors to behave in your own home? I think we would like them to make it a little better because of their visit. 【小题1】.

Do your homework. Read about the places you want to visit. 【小题2】, but is that the best place to go? Is it popular only because the one-day tourist can see it easily or because it is really a worthwhile place to visit? You’d better check it out.

【小题3】. Walk around, even if in the streets closest to your hotel. Eat in local restaurants. Talk to the locals. Learn a few in the local language and use them. You will surely get a smile from the hotel staff and street sellers.

Help preserve the sites. 【小题4】, so care needs to be taken to allow others to enjoy them as well. Some of these monuments are so old and fragile that they are sensitive to the touch of hands or bags and shows. Always have a cloth bag with you. This way, you don’t encourage the use of those plastic bags that fly all over many sites.

And here’s the big one — good manners are nearly universal. 【小题5】. If that doesn’t sound like you, then give the world a break and stay home.

Are you going into skiing? Is winter your favorite time of year? If you like snow and ice, maybe you should stay at Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada. But, you can only check in at this hotel during the winter. Why? Because this hotel is built every December. It has 32 rooms and 80 people can stay there each night. The hotel even has a movie theatre, art gallery, and church. Of course, all of these parts of the hotel are made of ice. In fact, all the furniture, art, lights, and even plates and drinking glasses are made out of ice.

Because this hotel is so unusual, it is becoming very popular. People from all over the world come to the Ice Hotel to look at the fantastic ice art, drink and eat from designed ice dishes and experience the unique atmosphere. Some couples have even gotten married in the hotel's ice church. But all these guests keep their winter coats on! Because of all the ice, the temperature inside the hotel is always between -2℃ and -5℃. Surprisingly, sleeping is not a problem in the freezing cold hotel rooms. Every guest gets a special cold-weather sleeping bag and some fur blankets. These keep the room cozy until morning.

Visiting a completely new place can bring a lot of excitement, but it can also be a bit scary and confusing. 【小题1】 To help make sure that your trip will go smoothly, follow these steps below.

Secure and double-check your passport.

【小题2】 In most countries, foreigners are required have their passports with them all the time. Frankly, it might increase the risk of your passport being lost. Instead, bring a paper copy.

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Once you’ve decided where to go, you need to check whether or not you’ll need a visa to travel. If you visit a country that requires one, make sure that you secure it before your flight. If you fail to do so, you won’t be allowed to board the plane, which can be a huge trouble and a waste of money.

Make sure that you can access your money overseas.

Check with your bank about international fees and whether they have partner banks in the country you’ll be visiting. 【小题4】

Plan your clothes and pack early.

Most of the time, people always forget things when they pack right before a fight. 【小题5】 If you have everything sorted out beforehand, your first trip abroad is more likely to go without unnecessary worries.