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Travel
Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical Location (geography)|locations for any purpose and any duration, with or without any means of transport. Travel also includes relatively short[In any case, less that a year.] stays between successive movements. Movements between Location (geography)|locations requiring only a few minutes are not considered as travel. As an activity, "travel" also covers all the activities performed during a travel (movement).
Travel is a wider concept than a trip. A round trip is a particular type of travel whereby a person moves from his/her usual residence to one or several distant Location (geography)|locations and returns. A trip can also be part of a round trip.
Travel is most commonly done for recreation or to visit friends and family (generally as part of tourism), for business trip|business or for commuting; but may be for numerous other reasons, such as health care, migration, fleeing war, etc. Travel may occur by walking or human-powered transport|human-powered mode, or through mechanical vehicles, either as private transport|private or public transport.
Travel may be local, regional, national (domestic) or international. In some countries, non-local internal travel may require an internal passport, while international travel typically requires a passport and Visa (document)|visa.
The word originates from the Middle English word ''travailen'' ("to toil"), which comes from the Old French word ''travailler'' ("travail"). A person who travels is called a traveler (U.S.) or traveller (UK).
See also
- Accessible tourism
- Backpacking (travel)
- Business trip
- Friendship Force International
- Green travel
- Hostel
- Hypermobility (travel)|Hypermobility
- Perpetual traveler
- Resort
- Spaceflight
- Tourism
- Travel 2.0
- Travel advisory
- Travel agency
- Traveler
- Volunteer travel
- Wanderlust
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