What does heritage travel mean to you?

My name is Jeff and I've been a member of Travel Massive for several years.

I recently published my first article for Brainz Magazine about heritage travel at www.brainzmagazine.com/post/the-benefits-of-heritage-travel

There are different travel niches; including gastro tourism (foodies), regional travel (particular countries, states, counties, etc.), solo female travel, adventure travel, cruising, etc.

I like to focus on heritage travel because it fits my interests as someone who loves history and who tries to understand people that I meet during my travels, and the places that those same people come from. The best way to understand a destination is to give yourself a history lesson, as understanding the past will help you to understand the present and even predict the future.

It’s our lack of understanding of people and places that causes people to be afraid of others, for people don’t like what they don’t understand because it creates a fear of the unknown. Every travel niche, in my opinion, should include elements of heritage travel.

a broad focus, interesting.

Heritage travel mean to me, traveling to experience the places, artifacts and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past.

Nice article, Jeff. As a builder of a platform that will aggregate ancestry and heritage travel experiences, I view heritage travel as the deliberate search for the history of place, family, culture, traditions and oneself.

I love this Jeff! To me, heritage travel means you are going to experience the history and culture of your destination as much as the sights and attractions. It's about experiencing what's happened there and soaking that in versus what's just in front of you. I think it's much more intentional that just taking a single tour, though. For example, I recently walked the 800 km Camino de Santiago, a thousands-year-old pilgrimage through France and Spain. While I loved seeing the different landscapes and views of Spain, it was a whole other experience walking through the small villages and learning the cultural history of Catholicism and the transformation of the Camino through the centuries. It was like getting a history lesson on vacation.

Heritage travel helps to bring the world full circle and make it smaller. It gives one a sense of place in the world knowing where they come from. It also reminds us of how lucky we are to have the luxuries and necessities.