Modern technology is stealing vacation time
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Modern technologies have so firmly entered our life that even during the holidays we can no longer part with them. Moreover, rest now, apparently, consists in using the Internet, computers, phone and other gadgets.
Just some twenty years ago we had to send a postcard and wait for the queue at the post office to tell relatives and friends how well we were on holiday. Now everything has become much easier.
Now Wi-Fi zones are available in most civilized tourist places. Lying on a lounger by the pool, we can find out everything that interests us: the schedule of our football team meetings, the weather for tomorrow or which restaurant to go to tonight. Spreading sunscreen, you can send SMS to friends or MMS with a view from your room to colleagues - let them rejoice at the office.
According to a study by scientists from the University of Michigan, easy access to the Internet and ubiquitous personal devices make their own adjustments and the nature of our vacation. According to ScienceDaily, the use of smartphones on vacation increases, on average, three times, the mobile phone - by 15%, and the number of travels through the Internet increased from 70% at home to 80% on vacation.
It already looks like an obsession. The iPad and smartphones, of course, are designed to make life easier for us, but are we losing more than we are getting? A trip to rest and tourism, after all, have the main goal of changing the situation, communicating with nature and new people. It would be nice if we did not forget about it.
If you feel that you can not resist this habit, go on vacation away from modern technology. You can go with friends on a hike or hide from civilization in one of the bungalows on Bora Bora.