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1. Travel
Travel is the movement of people or
objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains
and other conveyances) between
relatively distant geographical locations.

2. Etymology
The term "travel" originates from the Old
French word travail. The term also covers all
the activities performed during a travel
(movement).A person who travels is spelled
"traveler" in the United States, and "traveller" in
the United Kingdom.

3. Purpose and motivation
Reasons for traveling include recreation, tourism
or vacationing, research travel for the gathering of
information, for holiday to visit people, volunteer
travel for charity, migration to begin life somewhere
else, religious pilgrimages and mission trips,
business travel, trade, commuting, and other
reasons, such as to obtain health care or fleeing
war or for the enjoyment of traveling. Travel may
occur by human-powered transport such as walking
or bicycling, or with vehicles, such as public
transport, automobiles, trains and airplanes.

4. Motives to travel include pleasure, relaxation,
discovery and exploration, getting to know other
cultures and taking personal time for building
interpersonal relationships. 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. A trip
may also be part of a round trip, which is a
particular type of travel whereby a person moves
from their usual residence to one or several
locations and returns.

5. Travel safety
It's important to take precautions to ensure travel
safety. When traveling abroad, the odds favor a
safe and incident-free trip, however, travelers can
be subject to difficulties, crime and violence. Some
safety considerations include being aware of one's
surroundings, avoiding being the target of a crime,
leaving copies of one's passport and itinerary
information with trusted people, obtaining medical
insurance valid in the country being visited and
registering with one's national embassy when
arriving in a foreign country.

6. Many countries do not recognize drivers' licenses
from other countries; however most countries
accept international driving permits. Automobile
insurance policies issued in one's own country are
often invalid in foreign countries, and it's often a
requirement to obtain temporary auto insurance
valid in the country being visited. It's also advisable
become oriented with the driving rules and
regulations of destination countries. Wearing a
seat belt is highly advisable for safety reasons and
because many countries have penalties for
violating seatbelt laws.

7. Train travel – Passengers on a train on a bridge of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway,
between Mettupalayam and Ootacamund, in Tamil Nadu, India
This image shows how people do not follow safety procedures during travelling .

8. There are three main statistics which may be used to compare the safety of
various forms of travel (based on a DETR survey in October 2000):[10]
Deaths per billion journeys
Bus: 4.3
Rail: 20
Van: 20
Car: 40
Foot: 40
Water: 90
Air: 117
Bicycle: 170
Motorcycle: 1640

9. Deaths per billion hours
Bus: 11.1
Rail: 30
Air: 30.8
Water: 50
Van: 60
Car: 130
Foot: 220
Bicycle: 550
Motorcycle: 4840

10. Deaths per billion kilometers
Air: 0.05
Bus: 0.4
Rail: 0.6
Van: 1.2
Water: 2.6
Car: 3.1
Bicycle: 44.6
Foot: 54.2
Motorcycle: 108.9