Travel
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- Which Are The 10 Happiest Nations Of The World?
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- Introduce Your Country To The World!
A couple years ago I've met a traveler who went to my home country. She was from Japan and was traveling around the world alone. Everywhere she traveled to, she had to make new friends and find a way to enjoy the destination, which sometimes was hard....
- Bus Tour: The Best Way To Enjoy A Destination!
Paris, one of the biggest travel destination of the world. The first time I was in there, had no much time to visit everything, but a friend of mine took me to many places as the Eifel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees. If she had no time to...
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Foreigners as guides of your country: is that really unusual?
Salvador, Bahia, one of the most famous tourist destinations of Brazil. My parents went to watch a presentation of Olodum, an afro-brazilian music group which became popular in the whole world after making a video clip with Michael Jackson. After watching the show, my parents were attended by a guide who was going to tell them more details about afro-brazilian culture. They were expecting to meet someone local, but surprisingly the guide was from Netherlands and spoke a very good portuguese.
For some people it may be strange to have the own country introduced by a foreigner, but for other people it's not that unusual. According to Ana Gasparotto, student of Tourism in University of São Paulo, ''people interested in knowing more about other country can end loving it''.
For her, there are many reasons why a foreigner decides to be the guide of some other country, like: the opportunity to show the country from other point of view, having a public excited to hear his / her stories or even giving something back to the country which welcomed him / her very well.
Mariano Copes is one of them. He is from Argentina, but has been living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for four years. According to him, the local geography can be the main influence when someone decides to live somewhere abroad. His cousin, for example, went to United States to be a temporary ski instructor, but liked it so much that decided to stay and guide people who go there to practice this sport.
So, you don't need to be a native to be a guide of somewhere. You only need to like, have a good knowledge and interest about the place.
Are you currently living abroad and would like to show how much you admire the country where you are staying in? You can be a guide in Taptrip and show it to the whole world! Many people are looking foward to read your stories too.
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For some people it may be strange to have the own country introduced by a foreigner, but for other people it's not that unusual. According to Ana Gasparotto, student of Tourism in University of São Paulo, ''people interested in knowing more about other country can end loving it''.
For her, there are many reasons why a foreigner decides to be the guide of some other country, like: the opportunity to show the country from other point of view, having a public excited to hear his / her stories or even giving something back to the country which welcomed him / her very well.
Mariano Copes is one of them. He is from Argentina, but has been living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for four years. According to him, the local geography can be the main influence when someone decides to live somewhere abroad. His cousin, for example, went to United States to be a temporary ski instructor, but liked it so much that decided to stay and guide people who go there to practice this sport.
So, you don't need to be a native to be a guide of somewhere. You only need to like, have a good knowledge and interest about the place.
Are you currently living abroad and would like to show how much you admire the country where you are staying in? You can be a guide in Taptrip and show it to the whole world! Many people are looking foward to read your stories too.
- Do You Really Know Your Country?
Do you know why Sugar Loaf, a tourist attraction of Brazil famous in the whole world, has this name? Because it has the same form of refined sugar. yummy? And do you know why Aomori ("Blue Forest" in japanese), a tourist attraction of Japan, is called...
- Having Breakfast In 5 Different Countries.
The last post mentioned the 10 countries with the biggest quantity of Taptrip users. There are nations from Asia, Africa, Central America and South America. There are many differences among these countries, but the main difference must be the food. I...
- Which Are The 10 Happiest Nations Of The World?
This week CNN informed which nations are more happy according to a research made by Columbia University's Earth Institute. The report was based in how satisfied people from many countries are with their lives. The 10 happiest nations are: 1)...
- Introduce Your Country To The World!
A couple years ago I've met a traveler who went to my home country. She was from Japan and was traveling around the world alone. Everywhere she traveled to, she had to make new friends and find a way to enjoy the destination, which sometimes was hard....
- Bus Tour: The Best Way To Enjoy A Destination!
Paris, one of the biggest travel destination of the world. The first time I was in there, had no much time to visit everything, but a friend of mine took me to many places as the Eifel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees. If she had no time to...