Travel and Tourism Honor - advanced

Recreational Activities

Requirements

  1. Have the Travel and Tourism Honor.

    Answer: To begin Travel and Tourism - Advanced (created in 2009 by the North American Division), you need to have first earned the basic Travel and Tourism Honor as a mandatory prerequisite, demonstrating mastery of the introductory content (trip planning, maps, traffic safety, public transportation, lodging rules) — the foundation on which the advanced version builds more technical topics. — 'Advanced' Honors always require the basic version as a prerequisite by the pedagogical principle of progression; without the introductory content (maps, planning, safety), the Pathfinder has no foundation for the advanced topics on international routes and complex travel logistics.

  2. Complete one of the following:
    • Watch a daily travel program, or a report or promotional video, that shows travel landscapes and geography of a single location.
    • Research, using atlases, books or the internet, a city or region you would like to visit. Find out the following:

    Answer: You must complete one of the options: 1) watch a daily travel program, news report or promotional video about the landscapes and geography of a single location (Globo Repórter, National Geographic, travel channels), and report to the instructor what you learned about the place. — The exercise trains the Pathfinder to plan trips with real information, rather than just on impulse. Programs like Globo Repórter, Pedro Andrade or travel vlogs on YouTube offer views of locations. For research, atlases and Wikipedia + sites like Tripadvisor provide solid data on routes, costs and local culture of any destination.

  3. What safety considerations should you think about when you travel?

    Answer: You must present to the instructor the travel safety considerations: ID document and passport (a digital copy kept separate from the original), travel insurance, vaccines required by the destination, researching dangerous areas to avoid, emergency contacts of the Brazilian embassy/consulate, money distributed (card + cash), location apps (offline Google Maps), notifying family members about the itinerary and address, avoiding displaying valuables, staying alert in public places. — Safety is what separates an unforgettable trip from a nightmare. At international destinations, vaccines (yellow fever is required in some countries) and health insurance are essential — medical care abroad can cost thousands of dollars. Apps like offline Google Maps and WhatsApp help you navigate and stay in contact without mobile data abroad nowadays.

  4. What health recommendations or requirements are recommended and/or required by your country's health department for international travel?

    Answer: You must present to the instructor the Brazilian requirements and recommendations: International Certificate of Vaccination against Yellow Fever required by ANVISA for some destinations; recommended vaccines (Hepatitis A and B, Tetanus, MMR); antimalarial prophylaxis in tropical areas with Plasmodium; an up-to-date vaccination card. — Each country has its own health requirements. Yellow fever is the only vaccine required internationally by the WHO — it issues an International Certificate. The US requires proof of childhood vaccination for students. Countries such as Saudi Arabia have required a meningitis vaccine for Hajj pilgrims annually since the 2000s.

  5. Create a seven-day travel plan, or two trips of 4 days each, with the trip being international or interstate for a family vacation:
    • Create a plan for the seven days and include:
    • Create a budget for the family vacation and include projected financial amounts for the family group and for yourself:

    Answer: You must present to the instructor a 7-day plan (or two 4-day trips) with: a daily itinerary (city, attractions, restaurants, activities per day); a detailed budget with transportation (tickets, fuel, tolls), lodging (nightly rate × people), food (3 meals × days × people), tours (admission tickets), insurance and an emergency reserve (10% of the total). — A detailed plan avoids unforeseen events and budget overruns. The basic rule is to divide the total cost among the family members, with a 10-15% reserve for emergencies (flight cancellation, medical problem, itinerary change). Sites like Skyscanner and Booking help estimate prices before finalizing reservations at any destination in the world.

  6. Write an essay of at least 100 words or discuss in a group why you think traveling in biblical times was enjoyable. Discussion topics may include:
    • Distances, comparing travel in those days with travel today
    • Expectations about what you have available for lodging (bathing, beds, number of people lodged together, etc.)
    • Food during the trip (no soft drinks or grocery stores, period-era shops)
    • Why you would travel (recreation or necessity)

    Answer: You must present to the instructor an essay of at least 100 words (or a group discussion) about travel in biblical times compared with today: distances covered on foot, by camel or donkey (limited km/day, taking months); simple lodging (inns with straw, the hospitality of neighbors, sleeping out in the open). — Biblical travel was a sacrifice, not leisure. Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem on a donkey — a 150 km journey that today we make in 2 hours by car. Hospitality was sacred (Heb 13:2). Inns were poor and often dangerous. The pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Passover required months of preparation to be carried out.