tourism
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔː(ɹ).ɪz.əm/, /ˈtʊə̯(ɹ).ɪz.əm/
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Noun
tourism (usually uncountable, plural tourisms)
- The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
- Mass tourism damaged the beach.
- The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.
- Tourism brings a lot of tax revenue to the area.
- (figurative) The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.
- libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism
Derived terms
- abortion tourism
- accessible tourism
- agritourism
- agrotourism
- agrotourism
- alcotourism
- antitourism
- antitourism
- aquatourism
- aquatourism
- architourism
- architourism
- astrotourism
- avitourism
- avitourism
- benefit tourism
- birth tourism
- bookstore tourism
- class tourism
- conscious tourism
- cultural tourism
- cybertourism
- cybertourism
- dark tourism
- disaster tourism
- ecotourism
- educational tourism
- enotourism
- enotourism
- ethnotourism
- ethnotourism
- faith tourism
- gambling tourism
- gastrotourism
- gastrotourism
- geotourism
- ghetto tourism
- health tourism
- jungle tourism
- libel tourism
- mass tourism
- medical tourism
- nontourism
- nontourism
- overtourism
- party tourism
- pescatourism
- pescatourism
- phototourism
- phototourism
- poorism
- poorism
- posttourism
- posttourism
- protourism
- protourism
- religious tourism
- romance tourism
- sex tourism
- space tourism
- suicide tourism
- sustainable tourism
- teletourism
- teletourism
- thanatourism
- tourist
- VFR tourism
- voluntourism
- war tourism
Related terms
Descendants
- → French: tourisme (see there for further descendants)
Translations
the act of travelling or sightseeing
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industry
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collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
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act of visiting for a purpose
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