as in traveller
a person who travels for pleasure
tourists from all over like to take pictures of the alligators in the bayou
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Night swimming ban Some beaches on the island of Sardinia, which has seen a record number of tourists this summer, have banned the use of rocks to anchor beach umbrellas.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
Getty Images North Korea has largely been closed to foreign tourists since 2020, though some international flights in and out of the country resumed last year.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Three tourists from Germany have been cited after going on a paintball shooting rampage that defaced road signs, bathrooms and dumpsters throughout Joshua Tree National Park in California, park officials said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2024
However in June, when a tourist from Kazakhstan was caught carving his initials on the House of the Ceii in the ancient city, Pompeii’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said that the tourist would have to pay for the restoration of the wall.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
Getty Images North Korea has largely been closed to foreign tourists since 2020, though some international flights in and out of the country resumed last year.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Three tourists from Germany have been cited after going on a paintball shooting rampage that defaced road signs, bathrooms and dumpsters throughout Joshua Tree National Park in California, park officials said.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2024
However in June, when a tourist from Kazakhstan was caught carving his initials on the House of the Ceii in the ancient city, Pompeii’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said that the tourist would have to pay for the restoration of the wall.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourist. Accessed 6 Sep. 2024.
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