張恒

“Its only when you are alone that you realize3 where you are，”said the travelwriter Paul Theroux. It is a line that could be the motto4 for solo travelerseverywhere—people who would like to travel by themselves. And solo travel isbecoming more and more popular.

According to a survey5 by travel company Skyscanner， 29% of people havethought about traveling alone in 2023.

For some， thinking about it is all they will do—the idea may be too scary. Is itsafe？ Who will help you decide what to do？ What if something goes wrong？ Butthose who travel alone—and who love it—often find that actually theyre not aloneat all.

Kevin Rushby， who has done a lot of solo traveling， wrote in thatwhen you travel alone， “You are forced6 into contact7 with people.”He enjoysmeeting people on his trips， but also has fun in making decisions and changingplans without having to argue8 with anyone.

More than half of those who told Skyscanner they were thinking of travelingalone said they wanted to do it because their travel plans werent the same as thoseof their friends or families.

But many people find friends as they travel—in hotels or restaurants，museums or train stations. Some even like to book themselves onto tours，just so they can meet people they dont know before

But there are also those who like to stay solo—toobserve9， to think， to move， to enjoy their own peace， and tovisit a place without looking for people to meet at all.

旅行作家保羅·泰魯說：“只有當(dāng)你獨自一人時，你才能意識到自己在哪里?！边@句話可能是世界各地獨自旅行者的座右銘———就是那些想自己單獨旅行的人。獨自旅行越來越受歡迎。

根據(jù)旅游公司天巡的一項調(diào)查，29%的人考慮過2023 年獨自旅行。

對一些人來說，在腦中想想就是他們所能做的極限了———這個想法可能太可怕了。安全嗎？誰來幫你決定要做什么？如果出了問題怎么辦？但那些獨自旅行的人———并且喜愛它的人———往往會發(fā)現(xiàn)，實際上他們一點也不孤單。

凱文·拉什比獨自旅行了很多次，他在《衛(wèi)報》上寫道：當(dāng)你獨自旅行時，“你被迫與人接觸”。他喜歡在旅行中與人會面，但也喜歡在不與任何人爭論的情況下做出決定和改變計劃。

一半以上告訴天巡他們正在考慮獨自旅行的人說，他們想這樣做是因為他們的旅行計劃與朋友或家人的旅行計劃不同。

但許多人在酒店或餐館、博物館或火車站旅行時會交到朋友。有些人甚至喜歡預(yù)訂旅游行程，這樣他們就可以遇到以前不認(rèn)識的人。

但也有一些人喜歡獨自一人———觀察、思考、行動，享受屬于自己的寧靜，在不結(jié)交朋友的情況下游覽某地。