Excursion

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An excursion outside Seattle, circa 1887 Excursion on the SLS&E RR (c 1887), 1201, 1202.jpg
An excursion outside Seattle, circa 1887
Early Advantage Montessori School children on excursion Early Advantage Montessori School children on excursion.jpg
Early Advantage Montessori School children on excursion

An excursion is a trip, 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. [1]

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