tourism
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔːɹɪz(ə)m/, /ˈtʊ(ə)ɹɪz(ə)m/
Noun
tourism (usually uncountable, plural tourisms)
- The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
- The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.
- Collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (figuratively) The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.
- libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism
Derived terms
Terms derived from tourism
- abortion tourism
- accessible tourism
- agritourism
- benefit tourism
- birth tourism
- bookstore tourism
- conscious tourism
- cultural tourism
- dark tourism
- disaster tourism
- ecotourism
- educational tourism
- faith tourism
- gambling tourism
- geotourism
- ghetto tourism
- jungle tourism
- libel tourism
- mass tourism
- medical tourism
- religious tourism
- romance tourism
- sex tourism
- space tourism
- suicide tourism
- sustainable tourism
- thanatourism
- tourist
- VFR tourism
- voluntourism
- war tourism
Translations
the act of travelling or sightseeing
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industry
collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
act of visiting for a purpose
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