excursion

{{short description|Trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes}}

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Image:Excursion on the SLS&E RR (c 1887), 1201, 1202.jpg, circa 1887]]

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An excursion is a trip by a group of people, usually made for leisure, education, or physical 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.

The term is also used for short military movements into foreign territory, without a formal announcement of war.[http://www.newsweek.com/id/181329 An example of this use in a Newseek article]