Travel definitely boasts some psychological benefits, and as a rule of thumb when you travel you aren’t alone. Here are 10 surprising benefits of travelling that will keep your mental health in top condition:

1. Travel boosts and pumps your adrenaline to a new level: generally, the anxiety that accompanies when packing your luggage, making through the traffic (good luck!), making last-minute travel bookings, first time flying can seem jittery at first, but therein lies the thrills, frills and all the fun of it.

2. Travelling is better than LinkedIn and Facebook combined to understand your personal or business network better. It enriches your multi-lingual ability especially when you are in no man’s land.

3. Travelling can solve long-standing personal or business issues and to prevent the same problem from recurring again. Sounds simple? A little bit of planning does help a long way!

4. Travel is a welcome breather from your daily mundane grind, especially if you are an IT executive or tech professional working long shifts.

5. People who travel a lot stay motivated and rejuvenated with a positive state of mind. They tend to stay happier and feel better compared to those who never leave the comfort of their home.

6. Travel alleviates fear and insecurity as travelling down to an uncharted territory generally increases the anxiety levels in a positive way.

7.  It helps you view things from a different perspective. For example, cultural differences or language barriers can stand in the way of effective communication, and give way to miscommunication. Travelling helps shed aside cultural, social, geographical and religious differences.

8. The learning that comes out of travelling is invaluable. For a dynamic traveller, the world is a book and every page has some learning in it: learning stops the moment you don’t prefer to travel.

9. Recent research studies indicate that those who travel frequently have better cardiac health. This is because they tend to stay happy and get along well with others on and off the tour. This, in turn, improves team communication, project management skills, and camaraderie amongst colleagues and peers.

10. Surprisingly, you get better at working 5-figure or 6-figure numbers, as travel is all about allocation, planning and managing budget and learning to save a few bucks or so while shopping or booking a flight or accommodation.