tourist
[noun]
Synonyms: traveller, excursionist, globetrotter, holiday-maker, sightseer, tripper, voyager

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Related Words: day-tripper, excursionist, traveler, visitor

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English Thesaurus: tourist, traveller, visitor, holiday-maker, sightseer, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

tour‧ist W3 /ˈtʊərəst, ˈtʊərɪst $ ˈtʊr-/ noun [countable]
someone who is visiting a place for pleasure on holiday:
Cambridge is always full of tourists in the summer.
The Statue of Liberty is a major tourist attraction.
What effect will this have on the local tourist industry?
tourist centre/destination/resort etc
Durham, with its cathedral and castle, is a popular tourist centre.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

tourist
noun
ADJ. foreign, Western | American, Japanese, etc. | modern, nineteenth-century
QUANT. coachload, party
VERB + TOURIST attract, draw The Story of the Loch Ness Monster has attracted many tourists to the area.
drive/frighten away The high level of crime is frightening away tourists.
TOURIST + VERB flock to sth, frequent sth, visit sth the part of town most frequented by tourists
TOURIST + NOUN area, centre, destination, haunt, resort, spot, town, trap Recently Edinburgh has become a popular tourist centre.
attraction, facility, sight Pompeii is one of Italy's prime tourist attractions. The theme park is the region's most popular tourist facility.
route, trail The town is off the usual tourist trail.
hotel, shop | business, industry, trade | board, office | information the local tourist information office
guide I bought a tourist guide to Paris. She works as a tourist guide.
map | traffic, visitors the reduction in tourist traffic due to the violence
season | potential The city has unrealized tourist potential.
visa | bus, coach
PHRASES influx of tourists The festival is accompanied by a huge influx of tourists.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tourist

foreign tourists
Millions of foreign tourists visit the capital every year.
an American/Japanese etc tourist
She saw a crowd of Japanese tourists, cameras at the ready, wandering down the path.
tourists visit a place
About six million tourists visit the country each year.
tourists flock to a place (=visit it in large numbers)
Tourists have flocked to the area ever since the TV series was filmed there.
attract/draw tourists
They hope to change the image of the city and attract more tourists.
a tourist attraction (=an interesting place for tourists to see or an enjoyable activity for them to do)
Yellowstone National Park is a major tourist attraction.
a tourist destination/centre/spot
Egypt became a popular tourist destination in the nineteenth century.
the tourist industry
The tourist industry is booming, with more visitors this year than ever before.
the tourist season (=the period in a year when large numbers of tourists visit a place)
Even in the tourist season the beaches don’t get packed.
a group/party of tourists
The guide was talking to a party of tourists.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tourist
noun
BAD: It is one of the most popular touristic resorts in Spain.
GOOD: It is one of the most popular tourist resorts in Spain.

Usage Note:
Touristic and touristy are used, especially in informal styles, to describe a place that is unpleasantly full of things for tourists to see and do: 'He refuses to go there any more - it's become too touristy.'
When you simply mean 'visited or preferred by tourists', use tourist + noun: 'London is full of tourist attractions.' 'During the tourist season the hotels are packed.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

tourist someone who is visiting a place for pleasure on holiday:
The hotel is very popular with tourists.
a major tourist destination
traveller British English, traveler American English someone who travels somewhere:
a weary traveller returning home after a long journey
The building’s luxurious interior will appeal to business travellers.
The strike will affect air travellers.
Paul Theroux, the American traveller, once went from London to India by train.
visitor someone who comes to visit a particular country, area, museum etc:
Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually.
holiday-maker British English, vacationer American English someone who is on holiday somewhere:
The beach was packed with holiday-makers.
75 percent of Alamo's rentals are to vacationers.
sightseer a tourist who is visiting a famous or interesting place:
Crowds of sightseers come to London every year.
backpacker someone who is travelling for pleasure, staying in cheap accommodation and carrying a backpack:
a cheap hotel which is used mainly by backpackers

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

travel to go from one place to another, especially places that are far apart:
We travelled to Russia by train.
I love to travel.
go to go somewhere – often used instead of travel:
We’re going to Greece for our holidays this year.
He’s gone to London on business.
It’s quicker to go by plane.
commute to travel to work or school:
She commutes to work by bicycle.
cross to travel across a very large area, for example a desert or ocean:
The slaves crossed the Atlantic in the holds of the ships.
tour to travel in order to visit many different places, especially as part of a holiday:
They’re touring Europe by coach.
go trekking to do a long and difficult walk in a place far from towns and cities:
They went trekking in the mountains.
She’s been trekking in Nepal a couple of times.
go backpacking to travel to a lot of different places, carrying your clothes with you in your rucksack:
He went backpacking in Australia.
roam especially written to travel or move around an area with no clear purpose or direction, usually for a long time:
When he was young, he roamed from one country to another.
The tribes used to roam around freely, without any fixed territory.
journey literary to travel, especially a long distance:
He journeyed on horseback through Palestine.
traveller British English, traveler American English someone who is travelling a long distance:
Weary travellers waited at the airport.
My aunt was a great traveller. (=she travelled a lot).
tourist someone who is travelling somewhere for a holiday:
During the summer, over a million tourists visit the island each year.
passenger someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, ship etc but not driving it or working on it:
The driver and two passengers were killed in the crash.
commuter someone who travels to work every day:
commuters on the train to London
backpacker someone who travels to a lot of different places, carrying their clothes etc in a rucksack:
The hostels are great for backpackers.
explorer someone who travels to places that people have not visited before:
Potatoes were brought to England by explorers such as Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.
air travel
There has been a major increase in air travel during the last twenty years.
rail travel
The measures were introduced to make rail travel safer.
bus/coach/car etc travel
The price is £98, inclusive of coach travel.
foreign/international/overseas travel
The job offers opportunities for foreign travel.
long-distance travel
Long-distance travel is becoming much more common these days.
business travel
Business travel often took him away from his family.
space travel
Large rockets are used for space travel and exploration.
the travel industry
The storms have had a huge effect on the country's travel industry.
travel arrangements
I still have to make all the travel arrangements.
travel expenses/costs
They offered to pay my travel expenses.
travel insurance
You are strongly advised to take out travel insurance.
a travel book/guide
Kyushu looks so lovely in the travel books.
a travel writer
an award-winning travel writer
a form/mode/method/means of travel
I find the train a more comfortable mode of travel.

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