“Oftentimes, our passion and drive for travel is personal, but the reasons why we are our best selves when we travel are largely universal.” Traveling is a guide that provides information about the places around the world.
Surprising travel facts that’ll make you see the world in a whole new light. We all know a little bit about travel, right? Wrong. Scratch beneath the surface, and it becomes clear that humans have no knowledge of this planet. For example, do you know how long the world’s shortest commercial flight lasts? (Hint: it’s less time than it takes to boil an egg.) What about the country with no rivers? In Sweden, for example, what unusual pizza topping is popular?
•The longest commercial flight in the world lasted roughly 30 hours.
From 1943 until 1945, Qantas’ ‘Double Sunrise’ flight from Australia to Sri Lanka lasted more than 30 hours, with passengers seeing the sunrise twice. The Singapore Airlines Singapore to New York route is now the longest commercial flight, taking 17 hours and 50 minutes on average.
•The quickest commercial flight is just two minutes long.
The shortest commercial flight in Scotland’s Orkney islands, between the nearby islands of Westray and Papa Westray, takes only one and a half minutes. The fastest flight time ever recorded was under 50 seconds.
•For delays of more than five minutes, Japanese railways issue “certificates.”
If a train is running more than five minutes late, passengers are given a ‘delay certificate,’ which is said to be the most punctual in the world. The paperwork can be used to explain a passenger’s tardiness to supervisors or schools. Some trains in Germany and Paris also give delay certificates.
•The most expensive taxi fare from the airport to the city is roughly £190.
Any budget traveler worth their salt avoids airport cabs at all costs, but anyone watching their budget should definitely avoid taking a cab from Tokyo’s Narita Airport. The ride is the most costly airport-to-city transfer in the world, according to Moneycorp (a currency exchange company), costing an average of £191/$235 one way.
•Every day, India’s railroads transport around 23 million passengers.
That’s Australia’s whole population. In addition, the tracks from India’s railway network could round the globe one and a half times if put out in a single line.
•There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia.
There are no permanent rivers in this country on the Arabian Peninsula. It is one of just 17 countries on the planet that does not have a single river running through it.
AMAZING TRAVEL FACTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
There are about three million lakes in Canada. This equates to 60% of the world’s total.
In fact, New York City is further south than Rome.
Russia is far larger than Pluto.
In Papua New Guinea, there are around 820 languages recognized as being spoken.
The desert covers 99 percent of Libya.
Finland is home to about 180,000 islands. More than any other country in the planet.
Only 4% of the world’s languages are spoken by 96% of the world’s population.
In the 60 seconds it took you to read this story, 56 pieces of luggage were lost, 2174 people arrived in a foreign country, and Americans spent a quarter of a million dollars abroad.
The Isle of Sark, located halfway between England and France, lacks street lamps, automobiles, or outside lighting.
In Norway, there is a town just known as A.
The total length of the world’s coastline is around 350,016 kilometers, or the distance between the earth and the moon.
Ganvie is Africa’s largest city built entirely on stilts.
Every day, every money thrown into Rome’s Trevi Fountain is collected and donated to various charity.
Despite the fact that China spans five time zones, the country runs on Beijing time.
The second oldest tree on the planet, at 4000-years-old, may be found in Iran.
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world’s busiest airport.
Dubai possesses 20% of all cranes in the world.
Monaco is a much smaller metropolis than New York City’s Central Park.
“Once a Year Go Some Place You’ve Never Been Before”
Jicelley Sabijon 