tour

A tour is a journey or circuit designed to visit a sequence of places in a planned order. It can be undertaken for leisure, education, business, religion, or culture. The term can refer to the route itself as well as the act of traveling along it. As a verb, to go on tour means to travel from place to place with the purpose of visiting several destinations.

Common forms include guided tours, which are led by a guide and may be conducted on foot, by bus, boat, or other transport; self-guided tours or audio tours that rely on maps or recorded information; and day tours or city tours offered by travel operators. Tours also occur in industry and education, such as factory or laboratory tours that provide behind-the-scenes viewing of processes and operations.

In arts and entertainment, a tour describes a sequence of performances by a musician, band, or theater company across multiple cities, often called a concert tour or theatre tour. In sports, teams may undertake tours that involve a series of games in different locations. A historically significant example is the Grand Tour, a traditional educational journey through Europe undertaken by young elites in the 17th to 19th centuries.

Related terms include tour guide, tour operator, guided tour, and sightseeing tour. The concept emphasizes movement between sites and the experience of multiple destinations within a single published itinerary.