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The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.
Russell Baker

Meaning of "tourist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOURIST

tourist  [ˈtʊərɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOURIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tourist can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TOURIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tourist

Tourism

Tourism is the travel for recreational, leisure, family or business purposes, usually of a limited duration. Tourism is commonly associated with trans-national travel, but may also refer to travel to another location within the same country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes". Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Today, tourism is a major source of income for many countries, and affects the economy of both the source and host countries, in some cases it is of vital importance. Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus. It then slowly recovered, with international tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone 1 billion tourists globally for first time in history in 2012.

Definition of tourist in the English dictionary

The first definition of tourist in the dictionary is a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels. Other definition of tourist is a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour. Tourist is also a person travelling abroad as a member of a sports team that is playing a series of usually international matches.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOURIST


agritourist
ˈæɡrɪˌtʊərɪst
agrotourist
ˈæɡrəʊˌtʊərɪst
astrotourist
ˈæstrəʊˌtʊərɪst
caricaturist
ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊərɪst
chiaroscurist
kɪˌɑːrəˈskʊərɪst
dearest
ˈdɪərɪst
eco-tourist
ˈiːkəʊtʊərɪst
Eucharist
ˈjuːkərɪst
Everest
ˈɛvərɪst
humorist
ˈhjuːmərɪst
jurist
ˈdʒʊərɪst
manicurist
ˈmænɪˌkjʊərɪst
motorist
ˈməʊtərɪst
obituarist
əˈbɪtjʊərɪst
pedicurist
ˈpɛdɪˌkjʊərɪst
purist
ˈpjʊərɪst
silurist
saɪˈlʊərɪst
sinecurism
ˈsaɪnɪˌkjʊərɪst
sinecurist
ˈsaɪnɪˌkjʊərɪst
terrorist
ˈtɛrərɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOURIST

touring bindings
touring car
tourism
tourist agency
tourist bureau
tourist class
tourist court
tourist home
tourist industry
tourist information
tourist information centre
tourist information office
tourist office
tourist trade
tourist traffic
tourist trap
touristed
touristic
touristically
touristy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOURIST

acupuncturist
adventurist
agriculturist
apiculturist
aquaculturist
arboriculturist
aurist
auteurist
behaviourist
Christ
colourist
culturist
denturist
futurist
horticulturist
Maurist
miniaturist
petaurist
rapturist
viticulturist
watercolourist

Synonyms and antonyms of tourist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TOURIST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tourist» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tourist

Translation of «tourist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOURIST

Find out the translation of tourist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tourist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tourist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

游客
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

turista
570 millions of speakers

English

tourist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर्यटक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سَائِح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

турист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

turista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যটক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

touriste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelancong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tourist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

旅行者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관광객
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wisata
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khách du lịch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றுலா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्यटक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

turist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

turista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

turysta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

турист
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

turist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τουρίστας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toeriste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

turist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

turist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tourist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOURIST»

The term «tourist» is very widely used and occupies the 3.832 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOURIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tourist

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10 QUOTES WITH «TOURIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tourist.
1
Damon Albarn
China is one of those vast, continental conglomerates that... I mean, if they were to start a tourist trade in China, they'd just bus people in from another province, you know what I mean? They're very self-contained.
2
Marc Almond
We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist.
3
Benigno Aquino III
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current projection of 3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010, our aim is to eventually attract 6 million tourists. In the process, we expect to create 3 million jobs in the next six years.
4
Russell Baker
The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.
5
Katharine Lee Bates
The habit of begging, that plague of tourist resorts, is an incessant nuisance on the Alhambra hill.
6
Edgar Bergen
After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist.
7
Daniel J. Boorstin
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'
8
A. Whitney Brown
Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don't see Japanese with cameras.
9
Julie Burchill
Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist.
10
Augusten Burroughs
I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOURIST»

Discover the use of tourist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tourist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Tourist
In The Tourist, Olen Steinhauer---twice nominated for an Edgar Award---tackles an intricate story of betrayal and manipulation, loyalty and risk in an utterly compelling novel that is both thoroughly modern and yet also reminiscent of the ...
Olen Steinhauer, 2009
2
The Accidental Tourist: A Novel
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Anne Tyler's The Beginner's Goodbye.
Anne Tyler, 2007
3
The Tourist Gaze 3.0
Three new chapters have been added which explore: • photography and digitization • embodied performances • risks and alternative futures This book is essential reading for all involved in contemporary tourism, leisure, cultural policy ...
John Urry, Jonas Larsen, 2011
4
The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class
This edition includes a new foreword by Lucy R. Lippard and a new afterword by the author.
Dean MacCannell, 1976
5
The Tourist City
An investigation of tourism and its transforming impact on cities, by urban experts from a variety of disciplines.
Dennis R. Judd, Susan S. Fainstein, 1999
6
Key Concepts in Tourist Studies
This essential resource for students of tourism contains concise and authoritative entries on: • Planning Tourism • Sustainable Tourism • Festivals and Events • Cultural Tourism • Economics of Tourism • Regeneration • The ...
Melanie Smith, Nicola MacLeod, Margaret Hart Robertson, 2010
7
Tourist Behaviour: Themes and Conceptual Schemes
This book uses an array of developing and recently constructed conceptual frameworks to both synthesise what is established, and to create new insights and directions for further analysis and, ultimately, management action.
Philip L. Pearce, 2005
8
Venice, the Tourist Maze: A Cultural Critique of the World's ...
'Venice, the Tourist Maze' charts the history of tourism in the most tourist-visited place on the planet, & at the same time offers a critique of the city-as-tourist-destination.
Robert Charles Davis, Garry Marvin, 2004
9
The Tourist as a Metaphor of the Social World
This book contains a selection of papers from the prestigious Research Committee on International Tourism presented at the World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia, July 2002.
Graham Dann, 2002
10
Tourist Season
The only trace of the first victim was his Shriner's fez washed up on the Miami beach.
Carl Hiaasen, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOURIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tourist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Half-naked 'British' tourist filmed sprawled across speeding car on …
Police in Spain have launched an investigation into this jaw-dropping video that shows a half-naked tourist sprawled across the boot of a speeding car. «Daily Mail, Aug 15»
2
Safari tourist suspected in killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe
Safari tourist suspected in killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. By Don Melvin, Khushbu Shah and Elaine Ly, CNN. Updated 7:48 AM ET, Tue July 28, 2015. «CNN, Jul 15»
3
Tourist hotspots around the world are crowded with new visitors …
If there is such a thing as a “typical tourist”, he is no longer an American in a floral ... It is hard to make that case for much of the tourism to be found in Magaluf, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
The disappointed tourists of Yelp
(CNN) The online review site Yelp isn't just a place to compare local dry cleaners or find out if anyone, ever, has patronized the shady, constantly shuttered ... «CNN, Jul 15»
5
The Revolt Against Tourism
Attracted by noir detective series and fashionable cuisine, nine million tourists last year visited this city, a record for Denmark, which has fewer than six million ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
In Tourist Destinations, a Picture of Excess
MAGALUF, Majorca — For a holiday photograph from this resort town on the island of Majorca, two tourists wiped a drunken friend's face clean with a crumpled ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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What It's Like To Be A Tourist In Crisis-Stricken Greece
The Acropolis is one of the architectural wonders of the country and the Greeks are well aware of what they owe Pericles -- now that tourists are one of the most ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
The world's best tourist destination for 2015?
In its application for the award, the Ethiopian government identified tourism as a ... that applied for consideration this year were typical tourist destinations – they ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
9 tourist attractions that are dying
(CNN) The dilemma is sometimes likened to a double-edged sword. Historical and natural sites of extraordinary beauty often draw large numbers of visitors to ... «CNN, Jul 15»
10
10 tourist traps you should avoid in Italy - and where to go instead
But Italy is big, and it can be overwhelming for first timers, who inevitably, bowled over by choice, fall into overpriced tourist traps. Here are the places you should ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»

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