excursionist n : a tourist who is visiting sights of interest [syn: sightseer, tripper, rubberneck]

English

Noun

1. A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist

An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure or educational purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit to a place, sometimes for other (typically work-related) purposes.

Public transportation companies issue reduced price excursion tickets to attract business of this type. Often these tickets are restricted to off-peak days or times for the destination concerned.

Short excursions for education or for observations of natural phenomena are called field trips. One-day educational field studies are often made by classes as extracurricular exercises, e.g. to visit a natural or geographical feature.

See also

• Excursion (audio) - The linear movement range of a speaker.

For non-standard uses, see:

• Harvest excursion
• Grand Excursion

For scientific uses, see:

• Geomagnetic excursion
• Power excursion (nuclear physics)
• Business trip

For the SUV, see:

• Ford Excursion

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