Traveling offers the opportunity to meet new people and experience exciting cultures.

How is the gerund functioning?
It describes the action of the subject.
It describes the action of the subject.

It modifies a noun in the sentence.
It modifies a noun in the sentence.

It is the subject of the sentence.
It is the subject of the sentence.

It receives the action of the verb.

It receives the action of the verb.

The gerund "traveling" in the sentence "Traveling offers the opportunity to meet new people and experience exciting cultures" is functioning as the subject of the sentence.

The gerund in the sentence "Traveling offers the opportunity to meet new people and experience exciting cultures" is "traveling."

The gerund is functioning as the subject of the sentence. It is the action that the sentence is centered around and it represents the concept of traveling itself. In this case, it describes the action of traveling as something that offers the opportunity to meet new people and experience exciting cultures.