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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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tourist
adjective or adverb
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.
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About 25,000 tourists also remained in the country as Jamaica began to emerge from the storm.
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Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The best hotel restaurants in North Texas OpenTable and Kayak’s surveys also found that 60 percent of diners at hotel restaurants are tourists, while the other 40 percent are locals.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Around 25,000 tourists remained in Jamaica as the country emerged from the storm, education minister Dana Morris Dixon said in a statement.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The country reported a record 116 million tourists in 2024, up from 80 million in 2019.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The best hotel restaurants in North Texas OpenTable and Kayak’s surveys also found that 60 percent of diners at hotel restaurants are tourists, while the other 40 percent are locals.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Around 25,000 tourists remained in Jamaica as the country emerged from the storm, education minister Dana Morris Dixon said in a statement.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The country reported a record 116 million tourists in 2024, up from 80 million in 2019.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tourist
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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