This is actually a complete misconception. That kind of travel — checking into hotels, taking in the scenery, sampling local food — is pure consumption. It has absolutely nothing to do with the phrase “broadening one’s horizons.”
Master Chi believes that truly broadening your horizons means allowing children to genuinely engage with people across different social circles and living environments.
It means developing a deep understanding of how people at different levels of life actually live — their efforts, their goals, the many difficulties they face, and the ways they survive.
This allows children to think about problems from multiple angles, rather than spending their entire lives locked into a single worldview and way of thinking.
So what does it truly mean to broaden your horizons?
Master Chi’s answer is clear: it means seeing, firsthand, every dimension of how people in this world actually live.