Travel journalist Francesca Page discusses the latest travel trends on ‘Your World.’ A recently published study suggests travel could delay or slow the aging process, which is as good an excuse as any to go ahead and book that trip. The study, "The Principle of Entropy Increase: A Novel View of How Tourism Influences Human Health," was published in the Journal of Travel Research in August.
The study "applied the theory of entropy to tourism," said a Sept. 5 release from Edith Cowan University (ECU) located outside Perth, Australia . This is believed to be the first interdisciplinary study of its kind, they said.
FROM ALABAMA TO TEXAS, US TRAVEL SPOTS TO SOAK UP AMERICAN SCIENCE AND INNOVATION "Entropy" is the universe's trend toward disorder, ECU noted. "The entropy perspective suggests that tourism could trigger entropy changes, where positive experiences might mitigate entropy increase and enhance health, while negative experiences may contribute to entropy increase and compromise health," the university said. Traveling, a recent study has found, is good for a person's physical and mental health.
(iStock ) Among these health benefits is "slowing down the signs of aging," ECU noted. "Aging, as a process, is irreversible. While it can't be stopped, it can be slowed down," Fangli Hu, a Ph.
D. candidate at ECU and the lead researcher on the study, said in the release. "Tourism isn't just about leisure and recreation.
It could also contribute to people's physical and mental h.