Someone I know created a travel volunteer program to teach empathy . By going to these not so well off places and breaking our privilege . I can see travel also as something that can reinforce closed mindedness . Oh this country is so shit and my country is so superior . I do believe that for the most part it does bring a perspective change . Now does that make you more open ? Not sure . Also I would assume that most people that travel are open minded to begin with and it is why they travel . I wonder what it would be like to force someone to travel and to forcefully thrust upon them a different environment . What do you mean you have critical thinking when you understand the world you dwell in ? My personality type is suppose to be INTJ . Very logic driven . I would say i have always been open minded and critical thinking . Ever since I was a kid I have always been very inquisitive and naturally driven to learn . That one kid who breaks things and fixes them . The one who asks too many questions . I am very different from the backwards stagent world I come from . My sister on the other hand does not share these qualities . Travel for me is another opportunity to learn and add another lense from which to view the world in my inventory . For me Travel didn ' t make me more open but my openmindedness makes me travel . Or at least that ' s what I believe . I maybe wrong . I do think that people need to get out of their shell and have a learning experience . Go travel and learn about the rest of the world not just your little world . Stop being stagnant mentally and physically . Add some motion