I've previously covered why occasional short trips to parks, mountains, forests or other places where you can get away from the crowds and noise of city life is good for spiritual growth. I've also recently covered travel to places considered spiritual centers or holy lands. But what about when you go on a regular vacation? Should the spirituality of the place your visiting be taken into consideration? Of course it should. 
    I don't mean that you should also take a vacation to some religious retreat or spiritual seminar, but that you consider whether the place you want to visit has a reasonably positive attitude toward religion and spirituality. By that, I mean: do they support the rights of people to practice religion, do they allow spiritual organizations to operate there, do they allow books about religion and spirituality to be sold in their country? If not, than it is probably not a good place for a spiritual person to go on vacation because, while you are relaxing physically and mentally, you are being affected by the negative and anti-spiritual thoughts of the people their. This can cause some to start doubting and abandon their quest for enlightenment. 
    This doesn't mean that you should only visit places that allow complete religious freedom, although that is the best choice, but you should visit places where at least some religions and spiritual teachings are accepted. If you do need to visit some place that is very opposed to religion and spirituality, you should keep the visit very short, preferably no more than a day or two.