tourism
The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
Example
“Mass tourism damaged the beach.”
Other meanings
The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.
“Tourism brings a lot of tax revenue to the area.”
The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.
“libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism”
Related words
- apitourism
- adventure tourism
- alternative tourism
- agrotourism
- antitourism
- aquatourism
- architourism
- avitourism
- cybertourism
- enotourism
- ethnotourism
- gastrotourism
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tourism” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.