excursionist

plural excursionists

1. A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist

   I was provided with a receipt and duly and officially accepted as an excursionist.

   1869, Mark Twain, chapter I, in The Innocents Abroad

   3 more examples

   Coming home, a party of excursionists from Chertsey or Isleworth passed us singing and playing music.

   1898, H. G. Wells, chapter 1, in The War of the Worlds

   The main line of the L.N.W.R. passed to the west of the Potteries, and it is recorded that in August, 1846, two trains were run from Whitmore (the nearest station to Stoke) to Liverpool for the benefit of excursionists.

   1946 November and December, “Notes and News: A North Staffordshire Railway Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 389

   A 40-carriage train in 1840 taking 1,250 excursionists from Leeds to Hull was typical, while Brighton commonly received trains of 60 carriages and over 1,700 passengers.

   2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 36