{"id":41169,"date":"2026-02-19T14:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/?page_id=41169"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:28:35","slug":"41169-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/41169-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Growing Love for Experience-Based Travel<br \/>\nModern travelers are <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41131\" src=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-768x1036.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-800x1079.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41131\" src=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-768x1036.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2025-01-05-11-02-41-74-3-800x1079.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>focusingless on famous landmarks and more on real experiences. They want to feel the place, not just photograph it.<\/p>\n<p>Experience-based travel includes local food, cultural activities, and everyday interactions with people who live there. These moments feel more authentic and memorable.<br \/>\nThis travel style encourages deeper connection. Travelers listen more, observe more, and understand destinations beyond surface beauty.<br \/>\nTechnology helps support this trend through travel apps, local guides, and digital translations that make communication easier.<br \/>\nExperience-based travel shows that the true value of a journey lies in emotions, not destinations.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41133\" src=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2.png 2048w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-1024x185.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-768x138.png 768w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-1536x277.png 1536w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-800x144.png 800w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-1160x209.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41133\" src=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2.png 2048w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-1024x185.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-768x138.png 768w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-1536x277.png 1536w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-800x144.png 800w, https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5555-2048x369-2-1160x209.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F3872356883058192%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"591\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Growing Love for Experience-Based Travel Modern travelers are focusingless on famous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41169","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41170,"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41169\/revisions\/41170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.phuket-times.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}