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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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tourist
adjective or adverb
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Examples of tourist in a Sentence
The museums attract a lot of tourists.
In the summer the town is filled with tourists.
The tourists defeated the home side.
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Their deaths came just a few months after six tourists — including an American man — died in Laos in November 2024 after drinking alcohol that authorities suspected was tainted with methanol.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
The council also agreed to ask Mayor Todd Gloria to propose a package of other parking changes, such as starting to charge for parking at city beaches — a charge Elo-Rivera said tourists would largely shoulder.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
In 2023, the DR received over 10 million tourists by land and sea, a high, according to the newspaper Dominican Today.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
That is to say, destinations where travel is considered too dangerous for tourists or casual visitors.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
The council also agreed to ask Mayor Todd Gloria to propose a package of other parking changes, such as starting to charge for parking at city beaches — a charge Elo-Rivera said tourists would largely shoulder.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
In 2023, the DR received over 10 million tourists by land and sea, a high, according to the newspaper Dominican Today.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
That is to say, destinations where travel is considered too dangerous for tourists or casual visitors.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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