People who travel are more trusting towards other cultures

Travelling gives us a more positive attitude towards new nations and people, a recent study has revealed.

People who travel frequently are more likely to have a degree of trust in the people they meet for the first time than those who travel less. And this is after the effects of gender, age, education, income and urbanisation have been taken into account.

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The study of more than 7,200 people in 18 countries by travel search engine momondo.co.uk showed that 48 per cent believe people today are less tolerant of other cultures than five years ago. Just 16 per cent disagree with the statement.

Meanwhile, 76 per cent believe travelling has given them a more positive outlook on diversity and 75 per cent believe it has given them a more positive view of people from cultures they visited.

Lasse Skole Hansen, spokesperson at momondo.co.uk, said: "There are many different factors that affect how trusting and open we are towards other individuals. If for example, you compare the positive effects of travelling in our survey, with the effect of education, we see the positive effects of travel are significantly higher than those of education. This underlines the major link between frequent travel and being trustful citizens."

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