Is it just me and the people I know or is it everyone that experience anxiety over travelling overseas. Although the facade of our international airports are a lot better and they are also more equipped, the stress involved with customs is becoming an issue. The trauma and anxiety is not over whether you will arrive safely at your destination but rather it is over how your checking in process will go or how you will pass through our intimidating customs officers at the arrival wings of our international airport. For the travellers who do not know anyone to easily clear our luggage, we find this task overwhelming having packed. Even though we have detectors at the airports, we still have to open our suitcases to further inspection, in the process the officials start to make you feel guilty about travelling overseas and then ‘the now normal’ phrase comes- find us something.
On arrival, the number of officials at the nothing to declare area is so intimidating. It’s amazing that now we are asked to pay customs for our personal things and the two suitcases we are entitled to. It’s confusing what is banned and what isn’t. Some don’t even who the circumstances surrounding your trip and just incase you have no money to pay them, they make it very clear to you how kind they have been to you by letting you go. This should be home and one should be glad to be back not anxious.
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