Nowadays, an increasing number of tourists are choosing challenging destinations, like the Sahara Desert, for holidays. This trend benefits those who want to capture their unique experiences and pursue self-realization. However, by taking an extreme trip, travellers must face some downsides, such as experiencing discomfort during their travels and having to spend a substantial amount of money.
Visiting destinations with difficult terrain brings some advantages for travellers as they can document their experiences to inspire others and realize their dream travels. Travellers can obtain anti-mainstream footage to be generated into content and post it on their social media platforms for various purposes, such as for inspiration, for education, or even for commercial purposes. Aside from benefiting those who are highly engaged in social media, travelling to extreme places also benefits those who want to fulfil their passion. For example, a person who aspires to climb Mount Everest will commit to train his body for years to be able to thrive in the terrain. By achieving his goal, he will eventually feel a certain contentment and acquire valuable life lessons.
Despite getting a set of advantages, people who travel to exotic places should face some consequences, such as preparing their physical and financial state. The travellers should be healthy and strong enough to face extreme weather conditions during the trip. Besides, they also need to suffice a certain amount of budget spent on transportation and accommodation, which are usually costly. For instance, climbing Mount Everest requires a person to stay at least a month in the Everest Camp before hiking to higher level so that the body can gradually adapt to the low temperature and low saturation of oxygen in the area. If the trip is started from Indonesia, it will cost more than 50 million rupiahs per person, or equivalent to 2 units of standard motorbikes.
It can be concluded that visiting extreme travel destinations can be beneficial for people who aspire to do so, however, tourists are required to have decent preparation, physically and financially, to face the challenging conditions.