Well, this was tru on H.C. Andersens time. I have travelled extensively, and my assessment (along with other people who have travelled extensively) is that you

Well, this was tru on H.C. Andersens time. I have travelled extensively, and my assessment (along with other people who have travelled extensively) is that you end up travelling to see people, not things or experiences. This requires you to know people where you travel to. In the end, it is not travelling that opens up your mind, it is knowing and interacting with people of different culture - It is being open minded that opens up your mind.