What Careers Are There for Traveling the World?
For many people, the idea of traveling for a living is romantic, exciting and challenging. For others, the mere thought of constantly moving, never knowing where you'll end up, and staying in hotels and unknown locations is exhausting. While many think of the more typical career paths for traveling the world that include airline pilots and flight attendants, there are a number of alternatives that provide career options for those who want to travel the world.
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Journalists
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Foreign journalists for newspapers, magazines and television stations never know where the next story will be. Some journalists get assigned to stay in various locations for periods of time, while others travel when news breaks.
Humanitarians
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People who work for humanitarian groups that feed Third World nations and go to places where natural disasters require international support travel to a wide variety of locations around the world.
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Civil Servants
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Political operatives and civil servants who work with the government in international departments often travel to a number of destinations for work.
Travel Agents
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Travel agents and tour guides often visit destinations to check them out for clients, or they run the tours themselves.
Corporate Executives
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Work your way up to an executive level in a corporation that has overseas divisions. Most companies rotate executives in foreign countries.
Spies
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Join the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to see the world. The CIA is the United States' international police force.
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