Choose a country , get a visa , book a ticket and prepare luggage are not only what the passenger need. However, traveler must prepare himself for the culture shock. Definition of culture shock is what a person feel as a result of visit or immigrate to a new culture or live in deferent environment. Also culture shock has four stages: honeymoon , rejection, acceptance and adaption and reentry shock , respectfully.
First stage starting from arrival and continues for several weeks. This stage includes Feeling the differences , live in new way and learn new things about the culture . Passenger usually feels happy and enthusiastic .Unfortunately, this period ends fast .
After the honeymoon period, the rejection stage begin. When Person feels not belonging to the new country. Especially in country has different language and manners than his homeland. Due to adjusting to a new culture , person feels lonely ,homesick and want to go back to his old live .
Then acceptance and adaption a new culture . Usually it take time varies from person to another to rich this stage . one start to be part of the new culture , get used to the atmosphere and behave like local people.besides feels at home and comfortable, until he or she go back to his country .
Finally reentry shock. This stage comes after spending a long time in another culture then going back to one's own culture . This stage might by difficult because it is unexpected. When someone comes back from long trip s\he forget that he adopt another culture and changed from what s\he was in the past . People treat one the same and some relationships have changed. Not everyone have the same reentry shock because not everyone has had the same experience. As well as other stages it disappear after a while .
knowledge is power and learn how to deal with each stage ,can prepare the person to go through them easily. Although these stages are a part of traveling and living abord experience.
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