Travel can be a relaxing escape, but it can also be stressful and affect your mental health. Travel-related stress can spark mood changes, depression, and anxiety.
Regular travels to new places helps us to feel happier and keeps the brain active, as we connect with new people and ideas. Exploring feeds your creativity and awareness of the world around you; it's good for the mind and the soul.
Extended travel can actually affect your personality.
These traits include neuroticism, openness, extraversion, conscientiousness and agreeableness. The more travelers interact with new people and immerse themselves in a new culture, the more their goals are aligned with the openness personality trait.
A positive, well-managed vacation can make you happier and less stressed, and you can return with more energy at work and with more meaning in your life. Positive vacations have a significant effect upon energy and stress. In our study, 94 percent had as much or more energy after coming back after a good trip.