How to Use tourism in a Sentence

tourism

noun
  • She has a job in tourism.
  • The city developed the riverfront to encourage tourism.
  • The true test will come this winter, the busiest tourism season.
    Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The tourism board has also increased the fee charged to hikers.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The name was changed to Ocean Springs in the mid-1800s because of mineral springs in the area that first brought tourism to the town.
    Kayla Michelle Smith, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In the ’70s, tourism to Antarctica, a two-day boat ride away, boomed.
    Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • So tourism won’t be about benders and showing skin at the beach, then?
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • That’s one small step for space tourism, one giant leap for Hilton.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Since it was founded, the park’s sole focus has been tourism.
    Hannah Farrow, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
  • The story sounds like it was plucked out of a tourism campaign, or the depths of my subconscious.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • And while the limits on tourism were largely lifted in 2016, many still find the prospect daunting.
    Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2024
  • As the glaciers shift, so too will glacier tourism, something that’s starkly clear to Sheldon.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The tourism surge has led to a housing crisis, a water shortage and a traffic mess.
    Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The lodge had not hosted a visitor for more than a year, Kenya's tourism ministry confirmed to The Times.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Will tourism, the lifeblood of this island, ever return to normal?
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Meanwhile, tourism for the big event is expected to bring $1 billion in Texas.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The app can be used to book travel and tourism experiences.
    Maxwell Millington, Axios, 15 July 2024
  • In recent years, the rabbit has also been used to promote tourism.
    Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Both projects offer benchmarks of the island’s model of green tourism.
    Michaela Trimble, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Christmas season is peak time for tourism in the historic city of Bethlehem.
    Sam McNeil, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2022
  • An influx of tourism has also helped boost retail sales in Japan.
    Reuters, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The Hong Kong department of tourism is set to give away over half a million free plane tickets in a bid to draw more tourists.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But the cheap yen is almost certain to be a plus for tourism, a key revenue for the world’s third largest economy.
    Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The Italian island of Sardinia has a problem with tourism.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Fortune Europe, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Both Black Mountain and Madeira Beach have local economies that depend on tourism.
    Solcyré Burga, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Greece is on course to beat its annual record revenue haul from tourism.
    Derek Gatopoulos, ajc, 29 Oct. 2022
  • But that may not shield her in a place where the tourism industry accounts for 75% of private sector jobs.
    Audrey McAvoy and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Last summer, the most immediate threat was to beach tourism.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The country's average tourism spend per visit already comes to $1,414 and gaming spending should drive that up even higher.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Michael Salerno is an award-winning journalist who’s covered travel and tourism since 2014.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024

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