The scions of New York City took to declaring that they would vacate their city homes for their lakeside summer retreats, and the term vacation replaced the British holiday in common parlance.
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Groups of modern humans—Homo sapiens—began their migration out of Africa some 60,000 years ago. Some of our early ancestors kept exploring until they spread to all corners of Earth. How far and fast they went depended on climate, the pressures of population, and the invention of boats and other technologies.
Travel for the purpose of commerce and trade took explorers to strange lands to meet other people, and bring back riches of unfathomable value. Wealthy Greeks and Romans began to travel for leisure to their summer homes and villas by the sea in cities like Pompeii and Baiae.
It was common to travel to the islands of Lesbos, Rhodes, and Chios, and the islands of Ionia. Greek cities in Asia Minor and important settlements such as Athens were also popular tourist destinations. Roman tourists were attracted to sites such as the Colossus of Rhodes and Satyr of Protogenes.
Vacation is used in American English. It is not used in the English of the English and other British people. The word holiday is the normal word for British people.