10 Signs You Are Not a Tourist Anymore — You Are a Traveller

1. You Want Experiences, Not SouvenirsYou pursue sunsets, tales, and authentic experiences as opposed to fridge magnets or shopping bags. (Image: Canva)

2. You Learn Local PhrasesSimply saying thank you or hello in the local language immediately makes you relate well with people. (Image: Canva)

3. You Select Homestays to HotelsYou would want to be in comfortable local houses that expose you to the culture, and not only in luxury and convenience. (Image: Canva)

4. You Respect Local CustomsYou integrate well- you adhere to local values, you dress up well, and you know the values of that community. (Image: Canva)

5. You Pack Light and SmartYou carry only the bare basics and not the luxuries, and mobility is more important to you than the things you have. (Image: Canva)

6. You Eat What Locals EatYou eat the typical local food, that is, you venture further than the tourist menus and posh restaurants. (Image: Canva)

7. You Are Concerned about Sustainability.You cut down on wastage, champion entrepreneurship, and make deliberate, environmentally conscious travel decisions. (Image: Canva)

8. You Enjoy Getting LostYou take up shortcuts and backroads and see beauty in the unanticipated and the unknown. (Image: Canva)

9. You Build Real ConnectionsYou keep memories of the faces, tales, and laughter there--not photographs and posts. (Image: Canva)

10. You Travel to Understand, Not EscapeTravel turns out to be your means of learning, developing, and seeing the world as if you were a human (Image: Canva)