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Travel
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| passport control | the place where your passport is checked when you leave or enter a country |
| UNHCR | United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees |
| immigrant | someone who enters another country to live there permanently |
| expatriate | someone who lives in a foreign country |
| refugee | someone who has been forced to leave their country, especially during a war, or for political or religious reasons |
| armchair traveller | Someone who stays at home but experiences travel by watching TV, DVDs and reading books about different countries, cultures and customs. |
| check-in | a place where you report your arrival at an airport, hotel, hospital, etc. |
| arable land | suitable for farming |
| crop | the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered |
| package tour | a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses |
| mass tourism | act of visiting a destination with large amounts of people at one time |
| cosmopolitan | free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world |
| commuters | a person who commutes, especially between home and work |
| melting pot | a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultures is taking place |
| infrastructure | the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools |