By traveller
The same world reads differently, depending on where you are.
A first trip abroad and a fiftieth ask for different things. So there are two pathways, not a scale of levels: one for first-time travellers and one for seasoned travellers. Every developed guide is written both ways. Pick the one that sounds like you, or read across.
How to read these
Pathways, not scores.
No one is only ever one kind of traveller. You might book a reassuring, well-signposted trip one year and disappear into somewhere unfamiliar the next. The two pathways are a starting point, not a label.
Every developed country guide is written both ways, so you can switch between the first-time edit and the seasoned edit on any guide and watch the whole page change. Start where you feel most at home, then read across.