How to Use tourist in a Sentence

tourist

noun
  • In the summer the town is filled with tourists.
  • The tourists defeated the home side.
  • The museums attract a lot of tourists.
  • At one point, a tour guide led a group of tourists through the area.
    Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The plan will help bring more tourists and tax revenue to the city.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • People and tourists are used to seeing the Rome of movies.
    Kevin Cassidy, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And in 2013, six men were sentenced to life in prison for the gang rape of a Swiss tourist.
    CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no shortage of cons or of grifters like this in tourist spots.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • Bands play on the beach and the promenade is teeming with tourists.
    Jorge Valencia, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Then the tourist screams and dives on the ground, presumably playing possum.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The busload of tourists saw her and basically drooped over the side of the bus screaming her name!
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But tourists are returning and beginning to fill some of the rooms.
    Audrey McAvoy, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • While much of the city was teeming with tourists, my quartier petered out to a quiet lull.
    Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Now, tens of thousands of tourists make the trip to see the street art every year and listen to locals perform hip-hop.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The upgrades will help the tourism bureau book bigger events, which will bring tourists and all their spending to the region.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Like your average tourist, O’Ward is glued to the window with his phone out, snapping away.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Those steps have helped reduce coral damage loss from tourists, divers and anglers.
    Alie Skowronski, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Once the resorts open, tourists come back and work resumes for many in Lahaina, getting their kids to and from a far-away school may be out of the question.
    Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Away from the boisterous tourist corridor of Cabo is the serene and exclusive East Cape.
    Alesandra Dubin, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The village is relatively poor despite the tourists that frequent the area for a view of its vistas.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The scenic waters and surrounding areas draw tourists from all over the world in both the winter and summer seasons.
    Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Visitors who drive the scenic park road can often see bands of horses, a symbol of the West and sight that delights tourists.
    Jack Dura, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • At night, many tourists watch as locals trek to the riverside, light up their phone flashlights, and wave to relatives across the water.
    Durdana Bhat, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Known around the world for creating the Singapore Sling, tourists line up around the building for a chance to sip this sugary pink drink and crunch peanut shells on the floor.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Before the earthquakes, as tourists flocked to Rome to eat pasta all’amatriciana, Romans drove to Amatrice to eat the dish in its hometown.
    Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The shop manager, who declined to give his name, told us that 90% of the clientele are Hispanic and many are tourists that come based on word of mouth.
    Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • However, one tourist’s extreme way to beat the heat is making headlines for the wrong reasons.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In the first few days after the fires, stars including Jason Momoa and Mia Tyler implored tourists to stay away.
    Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Its main islands now have more tourist beds than residents.
    Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The powerful wake from the boat’s stern formed into a frothy V. Chattering tourists lounged topside.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024

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