“Solo travel”: the art of solo travel.

Traveling alone is a growing trend among millennials and women. Why? Solo travel opens the mind, boosts self-esteem and offers a unique opportunity to explore and discover new places and cultures. From Iceland to New Zealand, here are some highly recommended destinations if you too are thinking of planning a "solo travel" trip.

One in four people have traveled alone at least once in the past year, according to a study by MMgy Global, among the largest tourism services and communications companies.
They are mostly millennials and women.

“The art of travel raises a number of questions whose study might modestly contribute to the understanding of what the Greek philosophers denoted by the beautiful expression eudaimonia, or happiness.”
Alain de Boutton wrote this in “The Art of Travel,” an iconic book of departures and returns.

It tells how few places prove more conducive than a moving plane, ship or train to inner conversation.
“It was always myself I found at the end of the journey,” said Ella Maillart tireless 20th century traveler. Traveling is a permanent human desire, a need: those who do it to feel nature, to find fulfillment and stillness in the beauty of places and the suggestion of art, to identify vocations and inspirations.
Better if solo to open the mind to diversity, awaken creativity and adaptability.

In fact, according to a Newsweek survey, solo female travelers have increased by 70 percent over the past decade, an opportunity to discover themselves and meet people and cultures along the way.
In the past year, more than half of Italians (56 percent) have traveled alone-a figure that is expected to grow since six in 10 Italians plan to take a solo trip by 2026.

“Leaving your front door behind and setting off without traveling companions stimulates your resourcefulness: you step out of your comfort zone and learn to deal with the unexpected.
Moving into an unfamiliar space fosters one’s ability to cope with the unexpected and find appropriate solutions on one’s own, surprisingly consolidating one’s self-esteem,” explains Dr. Paolo Mordazzi, psychologist and psychotherapist.
Not only that.
Free to explore unfamiliar places without distraction, one is more alert and perceptive, the senses are alert and curiosity at its zenith: “Alone, one is predisposed to listening, one mingles with more curiosity with those who live that place.”

Solo travel: which destinations to choose

Choosing the right destination for your solo trip, identifying places that are scenic but also safe and friendly is a priority.
To find out, one can consult the viaggiaresicuri.it website, which is always up-to-date, or take a look at the Global Peace Index, the study conducted annually by theInstitute for Economics and Peace to monitor peace in 162 nations around the world.
In first place, for example, isIceland, a land of grandiose scenery.
Next comes New Zealand, remote enough.
Closer behind are Portugal andAustria.
Of the easily accessible countries, Denmark is among the happiest in the world: says theHappy Planet Index, compiled taking into account life prospects, inhabitants’ perceived well-being and environmental impact in 151 countries.

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