| 单词 | tourism |
| 释义 | tourism (once / 326 pages) n Tourism is the travel business — it caters to people who are visiting a place. Tourism turns a destination into a vacation spot. Tourism is also a word for the act of traveling, especially abroad. Fanny packs are not required. If you’re visiting a new place, stop by the office of tourism and they’ll give you the lowdown on the local hotspots. If you’ve visited somewhere because it has beautiful sights, great museums, or interesting history, you were a tourist. Tourism is the business that makes money from tourists. As the word implies, tourism often involves actual tours, which could be on foot, in a bus, or even on the back of a llama. WORD FAMILYtourism: tourist+/tour: toured, tourer, touring, tourism/tourer: tourers/tourist: tourists, touristy USAGE EXAMPLESMarc Collins, a Tahitian businessman and former minister of tourism, said that the negative reaction to the project was to be expected. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Nearly every business in town — from the beauty salon to the local tourism agency — decorates its storefront with big bags of rice and sugar. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “I’m encouraged because people realize it brings tourism dollars in,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) n the business of providing services to tourists Tourism is a major business in Bermuda Syn|Hypo|Hyper touristry ecotourism tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
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