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[[Image:Oviedo el viajero JMM.JPG|thumb|200px|Statue dedicated to the traveller. [[Oviedo]], [[Spain]].]] |
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'''Travel''' is the change in [[Location (geography)|location]] of people on a trip/journey or the process, or time involved in a person or object moving from one location to another. Reasons for travel include: |
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*[[Tourism]]—travel for [[recreation]]. This may apply to the travel itself or the travel may just be the necessary investment to arrive at a desired location. |
*[[Tourism]]—travel for [[recreation]]. This may apply to the travel itself or the travel may just be the necessary investment to arrive at a desired location. |
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Travel is the change in location of people on a trip/journey or the process, or time involved in a person or object moving from one location to another. Reasons for travel include:
- Tourism—travel for recreation. This may apply to the travel itself or the travel may just be the necessary investment to arrive at a desired location.
- Visiting friends and family
- Trade
- Commuting
The word originates from the Middle English word travailen ("to toil"), which comes from the French word travailler ("travail").
See also
Look up travel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Disabled tourism
- Hostel travel
- Resort
- Travel agency
- Travel advisory
- Traveler
- Business trip
- Lonely Planet
- Wanderlust
- Volunteer vacation
- Travel 2.0
- Space travel
- Hypermobility (travel)
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