The case against leisure travelling

Lately i've been seeing posts on social media by influencers (I personally think they're a cancer to society) teaching people on how to manage their finances so that they could, among other things, afford to travel. Supposedly, travel will enlighten your minds, and that it shall 'expand your horizon'.

Travelling used to be for the middle and upper income families. Nowadays thanks to low cost carriers, even the B40 are flying to far flung places for holidays. Many are backpacking across countries to save money. Japan is one of the favourite destinations for Malaysian backpackers, apparently.

I am an opponent of leisure travelling. 

1. Experience economy is yet another way for the capitalists to force the people by spending unnecessarily

2. In doing so, they keep the financially illiterate, financially illiterate with terrible money management skills. Spending thousands for an experience that lasts probably a week when the money could've been spent on things that bring tangible, lasting benefits. Sure people say it's the memories that will last a lifetime that matter, maybe so, but the excitement and happiness will surely wear out in weeks, at best.

3. The world is becoming increasingly insular. Sooner or later, people would see the backpackers for who they are: low-quality immigrants albeit temporary. You go there and use the public resources but spend very little since you don't sleep at their hotels and you don't eat at their eateries, therefore contributing very little for their economy if at all and you for sure won't have the money to spend on their goods either. You're just there taking in the sights going from a town to another, sleeping in bags and warming up canned foods to eat with roti gardenia while going around on their subsidised public transit system. That's what you are.

I definitely don't see why some people incl. the financial "experts" want to teach people to set aside their already meagre salary just so they could travel. It purely serves the consumer-capitalism no matter how much you save by being a backpacker. It is plain idiotic.