Frequent travel will make you 7% more happier than others

New York, Jan 5 : Do you travel frequently? If so, then there are chances that you are leading a much happier life than those who don’t venture out at all — a whole 7 per cent more — reveals a new study.
The study, published in the journal Tourism Analysis, showed that participants who reported regularly traveling at least 120 kms away from home also reported being about 7 per cent happier when asked about their overall well-being than those who reported traveling very rarely.
“While things like work, family life and friends play a bigger role in overall reports of well-being, the accumulation of travel experiences does appear to have a small yet noticeable effect on self-reported life satisfaction,” said Chun-Chu (Bamboo) Chen, Assistant Professor at Washington State University.
“It really illustrates the importance of being able to get out of your routine and experience new things,” he added.
For the study, the participants in the study were asked about the importance of travel in their lives, how much time they spent looking into and planning future vacations, and how many trips they went on over a year.
They were also asked about their perceived life satisfaction.