A tourist is a person who is visiting a place for pleasure and interest, especially when they are on holiday.
...foreign tourists.
It is a top tourist attraction that is visited by thousands of people each day.
...the tourist season.
Synonyms: traveller, journeyer, voyager, tripper [British] More Synonyms of tourist
tourist in British English
(ˈtʊərɪst)
noun
1.
a.
a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels
b.
(as modifier)
tourist attractions
2.
a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour
3.
a person travelling abroad as a member of a sports team that is playing a series of usually international matches
4. Also called: tourist class
the lowest class of accommodation on a passenger ship
adjective
5.
of or relating to tourist accommodation
Derived forms
touristic (tourˈistic)
adjective
tourist in American English
(ˈtʊrɪst)
noun
1.
a person who makes a tour, esp. for pleasure
2.
tourist class
adjective
3.
of or for tourists
4.
designating or of the lowest-priced accommodations, as on a ship
adverb
5.
in or by means of tourist class
COBUILD Collocations
tourist
overseas tourist
Examples of 'tourist' in a sentence
tourist
Each summer millions of tourists visit the mountain.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
The tourist office must be pleased.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
British tourists make more than a million visits to Thailand each year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Why are foreign tourists allowed what amounts to credit which you know they won't pay?
The Sun (2016)
To visit as a tourist is to see one of the world's most beautiful countries.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
So, it’s not a common tourist destination for foreigners and not the easiest place to get to.
Smithsonian Insider (2017)
The region's dependence on a seasonal tourist industry has made it a frontline in the battle between parents and schools over the issue.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Its souks were some of the busiest in the Middle East and had been part of a thriving tourist industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She was critical of the way in which Everest effectively evolved into a tourist destination, and climbers would leave behind tonnes of detritus.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The traffic can be annoying and the place is heaving with tourists in the summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The tourist office may also be able to help.
Delaforce, Patrick Collins Traveller-Tuscany and Florence (1993)
And the tourist industry today conducts itself with some taste here.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
How easy is it to get to other tourist destinations along the coast?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We head northeast to discover towns and resorts seldom visited by tourists.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Was there a way to make tourist accommodation unique yet universally available?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To pay the entry fee for foreign tourists is doubly irrational.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was filmed and photographed by tourists during the holiday season.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Welcome tourists from abroad may have been present in numbers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Perhaps curators intend to appeal mainly to a summer audience of tourists.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The tourist office can help with accommodation.
The Sun (2010)
Some business people make initial speculative visits on tourist visas.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They put in special accommodation for bringing tourists up here.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
The new airlines are targeting foreign tourists.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Tourists got stranded abroad or marooned at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Small useful maps are distributed by tourist offices and specify where to find the government bungalows.
Magnouloux, Bernard Travels with Rosinante (1990)
The crowd included a few dozen party members and some tourists who had wandered in off the street.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In front of the palace it looks like an average summer tourist turnout for the changing of the guard.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Both companies say that they have taken thousands of tourists to destinations on the warning list without incurring any injuries or deaths.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Success could transform the local economy, which relies heavily on its tourist industry.
The Sun (2010)
The jet will take real tourists to holidays hotspots like Ibiza.
The Sun (2008)
Three British tourists have been injured in a coach crash in Kenya.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
International tourist arrivals to India last year grew at their slowest pace since the 2008 global economic downturn.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Quotations
You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's customMark Twain
In other languages
tourist
British English: tourist /ˈtʊərɪst/ NOUN
A tourist is a person who is visiting a place for pleasure, especially when they are on holiday.
...a tourist attraction.
American English: tourist
Arabic: سَائِح
Brazilian Portuguese: turista
Chinese: 游客
Croatian: turist
Czech: turista
Danish: turist
Dutch: toerist
European Spanish: turista
Finnish: turisti
French: touriste
German: Tourist
Greek: τουρίστας
Italian: turista
Japanese: 旅行者
Korean: 관광객
Norwegian: turist
Polish: turysta
European Portuguese: turista
Romanian: turist
Russian: турист
Latin American Spanish: turista
Swedish: turist
Thai: นักท่องเที่ยว
Turkish: turist
Ukrainian: турист
Vietnamese: khách du lịch
All related terms of 'tourist'
death tourist
a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
tourist class
the lowest class of accommodations on passenger ships and aeroplanes
tourist court
→ motel
tourist home
a house with rooms available for rent to tourists
tourist site
The site of an important event is the place where it happened .
tourist trade
→ another name for tourist industry
tourist trap
a place that attracts a lot of tourists and where food, drink, entertainment , etc is more expensive than normal
tourist visa
A visa is an official document, or a stamp put in your passport , which allows you to enter or leave a particular country.
tourist agency
a person or company that provides package holidays
tourist bureau
an office that supplies information to people who are visiting an area for pleasure or interest, for example advice on things to see, accommodation , etc
tourist office
an office that supplies information to people who are visiting an area for pleasure or interest, for example advice on things to see , accommodation , etc
tourist traffic
the number of tourists that visit an area
overseas tourist
A tourist is a person who is visiting a place for pleasure and interest, especially when they are on holiday .
tourist industry
the people, activities, and organizations involved in providing services for people on holiday , for example hotels , restaurants , and tour guides
tourist information
an office that supplies information to people who are visiting an area for pleasure or interest, for example advice on things to see , accommodation , etc
tourist information centre
an office that supplies information to people who are visiting an area for pleasure or interest, for example advice on things to see , accommodation , etc
tourist information office
an office that supplies information to people who are visiting an area for pleasure or interest, for example advice on things to see , accommodation , etc
eco-tourism
Eco-tourism is the business of providing holidays and related services which are not harmful to the environment of the area.
health tourism
travel to a foreign country in order to use its health services
space tourism
travel into space for recreational purposes
Chinese translation of 'tourist'
tourist
(ˈtuərɪst)
n(c)
游(遊)客 (yóukè) (位, wèi)
cpd
[season, attraction]旅游(遊) (lǚyóu)
the tourist trade旅游(遊)业(業) (lǚyóuyè)
(noun)
Definition
a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels
foreign tourists
Synonyms
traveller
Many air travellers suffer puffy ankles during long flights.
journeyer
voyager
tripper (British)
when the shops shut and the trippers go home
globetrotter
holiday-maker
sightseer
excursionist
Quotation
You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom [Mark Twain]