Yeah, I definitely disagree with the premise. Meeting and spending time with people of different backgrounds and cultures can help build empathy(something we sorely need more of in this world). Yes, there will be people who will just go from place to place, seeing the “thing you’re supposed to see”, but I don’t think it’s that common. The author mentioned something about how people wouldn’t just walk around in their home towns, but they would when they are traveling. That’s part of the experience, really. Just taking in the surrounds of a novel place, with people bustling around… it’s a completely different world, and yet, it’s still kind of the same. We are all humans, and things like travel can help hammer that home.