Sharing Personal Cultural Experiences Through Travel Writing

It is common to hear that travelling changes people, often for the better, but what are tangible ways in which those changes are shown? Founded on a two week study abroad to England, I explored the captivating and educational genre of travel writing and attempted it myself. Through researching and consuming various travel writing and taking countless notes and observations in England, I set myself up to create my own travel pieces. Based on my research, two common types of travel writing included location-based personal narrative and tourist-centered pieces, both of which styles I experimented with in my three completed articles. After writing and reviewing, I submitted pieces to publishers or published them to my own website. My project affirmed that the power of travel can be wielded through the written word with the proper tools