Here is a great article about travel and why it makes people more open-minded. The writes says that people who travel learn about new places, people and cultures. This removes the fear of the unknown which means we become less afraid of others because we have seen them up close.
Before you go to read the text, here some lexical resources from the article which might be useful.
Use the Cambridge Dictionary online for the words you don't know.
Vocabulary
Open-minded
Narrow-minded
Abroad
Bigotry
Xenophobia
Trek
Explore
Collocations
Culture shock
Extensive travels
Melting pot
Extended period of time
Places unknown
Here is the link to the article
