tourist season

noun

: the time when many people go to visit places as tourists

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Two weeks after a wildfire exploded in Big Sur, closing Highway 1 and shuttering dozens of famous hotels and other landmarks in the middle of tourist season, conditions began to return to normal Friday as firefighters made steady progress. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 The industry is also seeing drops in attendance and grosses, as the summer tourist season winds down and Broadway gears up for more new shows as part of the fall season. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 The road was not reopened until October 2022, after the peak tourist season had ended. Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026 The filing also noted that spring tourist season, coupled with Masters week traffic, would drive local hotel costs to more than double or triple those of comparable areas. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tourist season

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“Tourist season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist%20season. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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