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Examples of tourism in a Sentence
The city developed the riverfront to encourage tourism.
She has a job in tourism.
Recent Examples of tourism from the Web
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Perhaps most important is the gradual return of tourism, a key source of not just dollars, but a range of decent-paying jobs, such as drivers and scuba-diving instructors.
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Battling unforgiving land, the encroachment of tourism in Zion National Park, drought, and bucking broncs, this tight-knit extended family is determined to continue a vanishing way of life.
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Because of the importance of tourism to San Diego, there are a lot of jobs in the leisure and hospitality area.
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Feynan Ecolodge in Jordan was designed to operate in harmony with its habitat in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, and is operated in a way that minimizes the impact of tourism on the surrounding natural environment.
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But with the arrival of unprecedented tourism, comes the influx of revenue.
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As things turned out, he was lauded as a visionary about the growth of Central Florida tourism.
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But a pair of tourism and hospitality experts at Purdue University say that the perfect family trip may be in a smaller, rural part of their home state.
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Malaysian officials are proposing an initiative to promote fish farming, says Ming Yuk Pang, Sabah's assistant minister of tourism, culture and environment and chair of the local Anti-Fish Bombing Committee.
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First Known Use of tourism
1811
TOURISM Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of tourism for English Language Learners
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: the activity of traveling to a place for pleasure
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: the business of providing hotels, restaurants, entertainment, etc., for people who are traveling
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