As a well-traveled individual I love to see
and experience beyond the norm and the obvious. Anything which is in its originally
unique and authentic form excites me and anything which is specially modified
to attract tourist and lacking its character is not excites me.
In most of the cases I primarily travel for
business meetings and extend the motive to see and feel something which is
unknown to me, something which is spatiality of that particular area no matter
if it is famous or not.
In my opinion travelling is easy and gives
more opportunities to get happiness, one just need to check Wikipedia for city features
detail else talk to the local peoples like your auto driver / rickshaw puller hotel
staff or anyone which is comfortable to talk about their city. I had lots of
good travelling experiences with this kind of discussion, like visited Somarama
Shiv Temple in Bhimavaram Andhra Pradesh, Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur
Kerala, meeting with Shri Dabral Baba in Ujjain Madhya Pradesh, tasted Specialty
food of different places.
The main difference in traveler and tourist I guess
tourist like to spend time doing what everyone commonly does. They visit the
most common places, and eat what they love to eat and easily get even in their
hometown. Travel in the most familiar vehicle and finally back to home with the
experiences which they planned while planning the trip.