TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, TRAVEL CONTROL SYSTEM, TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A travel control apparatus controls automated driving travel of a vehicle by making a transition between a plurality of control states based on a surrounding environment of the vehicle. The travel control apparatus includes a skill level acquisition unit configured to acquire a skill level of a vehicle occupant about automated driving, and a control unit configured to control the automated driving travel of the vehicle in one of the plurality of control states based on the surrounding environment of the vehicle sensed by a sensing unit.