I'm convinced a huge chunk of people who like traveling do it because it gives you status. Like the consumption of stuff for the sake of it and to brag back in the 80s. When people first meet each other these days, what do they talk about? They talk about all the places they've "done".
Honestly, who actually enjoys having to pack, take a long ass trip to the airport, have a long ass wait at the airport, have a long ass wait on the plane, take a long ass trip to the hotel, look at shit which looks mildly different to the shit you have at home, eat "authentic" food you could have bought in any city in today's globalized world, look at the natives like you're in some sort of zoo, make sure to post on instagram every 2 hours, having to pack, take a long ass trip to the airport, have a long ass wait at the airport, have a long ass wait on the plane, take a long ass trip home.
This is honestly not me being some pathetic neckbeard faggot trying to be edgy. I really am convinced of this.