Can multimedia replace travel to learn about the local culture? Some people claim that multimedia like books, films, and the Internet can replace the travel to play a role of absorbing other culture. In my view, I partly agree with this argument. First of all, undoubtedly, acquiring knowledge of foreign culture by multimedia is more convenient and cost-effective than by travel. Nowadays there have all kinds of movies, books, and information can be transfer easily, we can study the difference of countries just at home, compare to we need to pay expensive air ticket and take a long time journey to know a little local custom actually. Secondly, we might face some risks if we go to some local place. For example, the Tibet tour might not suit every one respect to the highland climate. Conversely, we can learn the Tibet culture via documentary, which is more safety. On the other hand, it should also be considered that the travel experience can give us a real and impressive feel about the local culture. For instance, it might be hard to precisely describe the hospitably of Thailand citizens unless you go to the local. Similarly, only get to the local you can touch with the local creatures with your real body feelings. By summarize, there both have advantages and disadvantages for learning about other cultures indoors and outdoors. Although it has a lot of superiority for learning other cultures by multimedia, it is still unable to replace travel experience by multimedia, since traveling can bring up a unique and special experience about the local culture.