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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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tourist
adjective or adverb
Synonyms
Examples of tourist in a Sentence
The museums attract a lot of tourists.
In the summer the town is filled with tourists.
The tourists defeated the home side.
Recent Examples on the Web
The tourist hotspot boasts more than 15,000 stalls across 26 sections—including antiques, food, and clothing—and claims to attract 200,000 visitors at the weekend.
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Armani Syed, TIME, 11 June 2024
The scene also, perhaps more significantly, cemented the London neighborhood as a tourist destination: Notting Hill had long drawn visitors, but almost immediately it was flooded with fans of the movie.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2024
Flamingo branding is everywhere in Florida, from cocktail straws and tourist t-shirts to hotel names and the Florida Lottery logo.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2024
An argument between two women led to a gunfight that left 11 people hurt in a busy tourist area of Savannah, one of five weekend shootings in the city, authorities said.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
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Armani Syed, TIME, 11 June 2024
The scene also, perhaps more significantly, cemented the London neighborhood as a tourist destination: Notting Hill had long drawn visitors, but almost immediately it was flooded with fans of the movie.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2024
Flamingo branding is everywhere in Florida, from cocktail straws and tourist t-shirts to hotel names and the Florida Lottery logo.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2024
An argument between two women led to a gunfight that left 11 people hurt in a busy tourist area of Savannah, one of five weekend shootings in the city, authorities said.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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