Cultural Diffusion: How to Truly Experience a Country Beyond the Tourist Sites
Cultural Diffusion: How to Truly Experience a Country Beyond Tourist Sites Published on April 25, 2025 ✈️ Rethinking What It Means to “See” a Country After coming back from a recent trip, I started to reflect on what it means to experience a new country and to take in all it offers culturally? Every country offers famous places to visit and unique regional or local experiences such as wine or cheese tastings. However, mostly all of these experiences involve minimal to little interaction with the local population, their customs and their everyday life. Most of these tours enhance your understanding of what you already know or have read up on. And while on the tour you might get to chat with the tour operator and ask a few questions to get to know them, their life, and their country in general. This however, is not what I'd consider a true experience in cultural diffusion. 🌍 What Is Cultural Diffusion? Cultural diffusion is about understanding the behaviors, emotions ...
