Travel passion syndrome is a term that refers to some people’s obsession with travel. You need out of the ordinary to get to know new places and discover other cultures.
Its etymology comes from wandern (excursion, trip, visit) and lust (desire, longing). From the union of the two lexemas is born the term “desire to travel”. Wanderlust’s literal translation into Portuguese would be “Passion for Travel”.
- Until recently it was unimaginable to travel for pleasure in search of adventures to share and liberate the traveling spirit of young people.
- The syndrome of the desire to travel is much more than the desire to take a vacation.
- What we all have in some way is a necessity that drives the passion to travel and discover new places and different cultures.
This syndrome also affects men and women, usually between the ages of 20 and 40, who have an irresistible desire to leave, like to escape anywhere in the world and are always looking for new destinations, some research and studies have shown that this is the priority and interest of today’s generation. To achieve its goal, the Internet is your best ally, as the network becomes your best travel agent. Reservations, purchases, tickets and information; everything is solved with new technologies.
Compulsive travelers spend most of their time reading travel guides, surfing the Internet in search of flights, hotels, hostels, etc. , watching documentaries about exotic places and spending a large part of their income on travel. The destination occupies a secondary place in The planning of the trip, a simple excuse to enjoy the pleasure of traveling, that is, when the feeling of travel takes on all its meaning and becomes a way of life.
Travelling enriches the person, opens new perspectives and allows other points of view, knowing other cultures, immersing ourselves in traditions and living in different places helps us expand our vision and nourish us?And at the same time satisfy curiosity about the unknown.
“In my case, I don’t travel to go to a certain place, but to go there. I travel for the pleasure of traveling, the question is to move?. – Robert Louis Stevenson-
There are people who do not feel the need to travel, who do not have a particular concern to know places, holidays are considered a time of rest and relaxation or perhaps to go to the hotel and disconnect from the preparation of food or cleaning. The focus is the opposite of travel passion syndrome, where it is necessary not to spend much time in the same place and the desire to travel becomes the center of the life of those who suffer from it.
In addition to fashion, some experts claim that the adventurous mind or travel passion syndrome is, in fact, in our genes, and more precisely in the so-called DRD4-7r, a dopamine receptor (pleasure neurotransmitter) that has been called?Traveler gene ?.
For David Dobbs, researcher at National Geographics, this gene allows people with him to “better accept change and adventure, and also feel more affinity to take risks in terms of new ideas, foods, relationships, etc. “In addition to the constant need to travel, people with this gene are independent and creative people looking to discover new cultures and other ways of life. In short, anything that brings them personal growth.
People with wanderfust syndrome have characteristics that set them apart from others:
The passion to travel and discover the world is not only linked to the travel gene, but also to childhood, where we learn through play and imagination, is at this point that the interest in knowing what is beyond the limits in addition to the limits of school and homework develops , there are adults who still feel the same passion (or more) as before.
“Travel serves to adjust the imagination to reality and see things as they are, rather than thinking about what they will be like. “”– Samuel Jonhson-