Originally Posted by
Sumbitch
It's a question of semantics I think. A tourist will stay in good hotels and visit temples (in the east) or museums (in the west) and prefers the company of other tourists whereas a traveler attempts to immerse herself in the local culture and pursues activities that brings him in contact with the native people. Then the difference between travelers and tourists is the amount of money spent during their journeys and the kind of activities they pursue, innit?
I look at it this way,
a tourist travels to see things, experience new places, eat new foods, does not matter how he does it ( by land, air, train) or if he stays in 1 star or 4 star place
A traveler travels to travel, not just going somewhere on a list to do or see a specific thing or place.
“Sal, we gotta go and never stop going 'till we get there.'
'Where we going, man?'
'I don't know but we gotta go.”
―
Jack Kerouac,
On the Road
Has NOTHING to do with money