tourist

noun tour·ist \ ˈtu̇r-ist \

|Updated on: 23 Jun 2018

Examples: tourist in a Sentence

Definition of tourist

1 : one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture

2 : tourist class

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tourist

adjective or adverb

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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 of tourist from the Web

Scolnick said that provided more foot-traffic and tourists.

— jess nocera, Laurel Leader, "ManneqArt no longer moving to Baltimore," 20 June 2018
The area plays host to 1 million tourists per year at hotels within a mile of College and Metcalf.

— lynn horsley, kansascity, "Most agree, area near OP Convention Center is dull. Here's how city hopes to fix that," 20 June 2018
The seaweed, a brownish variety called sargassum, arrived largely from the Caribbean, where rotting seaweed has piled up on beaches and driven away tourists.

— david fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Seaweed assaults South Florida beaches," 20 June 2018
One of the main ideas, besides building infrastructure such as roads and bringing in more industry, is to build a large safari with hotels, which could attract tens of thousands of Israelis and tourists each year.

— israel kasnett, Jewish Journal, "Will Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights be Trump's next move?," 19 June 2018
In his managerial role, Matejek oversaw 20-plus employees in general maintenance of the 80,000 square foot retail and tourist facility.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Windsor Locks Edition," 19 June 2018
Each night in the series of little tourist cottages was gloomy, with Mama and me in one bed while Daddy took the other.

— lee smith, Southern Living, "WATCH: Memories of My Summer of 1958 in Paradise," 19 June 2018
Gas emissions and fumes from the lava are dangerous, which (in part) has led to Hawaii enacting $5,000 fines and possible jail sentences for tourists who enter lava zones that have been closed off to the general public.

— chris morris, Fortune, "Hawaiian Farmers Brave Lava To Harvest Their Crops," 19 June 2018
In a surveillance video, tourists can be seen bracing for cover as the decoration falls on them.

— travis fedschun, Fox News, "Tourists injured after ceiling collapses on escalator in China," 19 June 2018

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