There are several different ways to travel around the world as an expat or a backpacker, and your decision as to which type of exploration you choose is up to you. You can can choose to pass through a destination like a vacationer or a tourist, or you can opt for the long-term travel option. The choice is up to you.
Backpackers tend to skim read the destination like they would a book, flipping page to page and only understanding the basic gist of the story. Expats, on the other hand, choose to go to a destination and not only do they read every single word on every single page, but by the end of the book they really feel as though they have lived with in the pages of the story and become part of the world, not just a viewer.
There are numerous benefits to cultural immersion, none of which are available to travelers who choose to take the backpacking option. Long-term relationships and business partnerships with people living on the ground in another country or from the layout of the question if you are passing through for only two or three days on vacation. Not to mention, the cheap cost of living that you can enjoy after establishing residency as an expat is out of reach for tourists.
Secondary residency is probably the most important aspect of long-term living as an expat, which allows you to open a foreign bank accounts and thus have access to offshore banking and other types of investments which are common knowledge with people who travel full-time. Tourists and backpackers and vacationers don't have access to any of these things because they aren't global entrepreneurs; rather, they are simply visitors.
Although neither type of traveler or type of traveling is superior to the other, it is true that backpackers who zip around from hotel to hotel amidst the vast majority of aspects which make a destination so unique. Expats are the only ones who take the time to truly explore a destination for everything it has to offer, from the people to the business opportunities to the culture and beyond.
Backpackers tend to skim read the destination like they would a book, flipping page to page and only understanding the basic gist of the story. Expats, on the other hand, choose to go to a destination and not only do they read every single word on every single page, but by the end of the book they really feel as though they have lived with in the pages of the story and become part of the world, not just a viewer.
There are numerous benefits to cultural immersion, none of which are available to travelers who choose to take the backpacking option. Long-term relationships and business partnerships with people living on the ground in another country or from the layout of the question if you are passing through for only two or three days on vacation. Not to mention, the cheap cost of living that you can enjoy after establishing residency as an expat is out of reach for tourists.
Secondary residency is probably the most important aspect of long-term living as an expat, which allows you to open a foreign bank accounts and thus have access to offshore banking and other types of investments which are common knowledge with people who travel full-time. Tourists and backpackers and vacationers don't have access to any of these things because they aren't global entrepreneurs; rather, they are simply visitors.
Although neither type of traveler or type of traveling is superior to the other, it is true that backpackers who zip around from hotel to hotel amidst the vast majority of aspects which make a destination so unique. Expats are the only ones who take the time to truly explore a destination for everything it has to offer, from the people to the business opportunities to the culture and beyond.
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