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The dictionary definition of the tour as a noun is a ‘journey from place to place [that comprises] of visits to a number of places on a route through an area.’259 The transitive definition of the tour as a verb is to make a tour or ‘circuitous journey, in which many places are visited, usually without retracing one’s steps; to make a prolonged excursion for recreation or business’260 and the action of making a tour is described as ‘arranging’ for a ‘series’ of visits.261
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Sprake, J. (2012). Traits of the Tour and Tour-Guide. In: Sprake, J. (eds) Learning-Through-Touring. Technology Enhanced Learning, vol 6. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-777-6_4
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