tourism

[ toor-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
2. the business or industry of providing information, accommodations, transportation, and other services to tourists.
3. the promotion of tourist travel, especially for commercial purposes.

tourism

/ ˈtʊərɪzəm /

noun

1. tourist travel and the services connected with it, esp when regarded as an industry

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourism¹

First recorded in 1805–15; tour + -ism

Example Sentences

Those who transmigrate into the bodies of the less fortunate are accused of tourism, voyeurism.

From MIT Technology Review

The pollution closes beaches that are vital to San Diego’s tourism economy.

From Voice of San Diego

Covid-19 has brought tourism from China to the UK to a standstill.

From Quartz

Even as most domestic air travel routes have opened now, aviation and tourism experts believe that the country is unlikely to resume international commercial flights before October.

From Quartz

Growth is now expected to collapse in many countries especially those dependent on tourism and resources, such as oil and mineral exporters.

From Quartz

Slowly, two were opened up, and in 2010 the regional government opened all four Brogpa villages in a push for tourism.

From The Daily Beast

Religious profiteering has spread beyond the tourism industry.

From The Daily Beast

Apparently tourism in the country had jumped tenfold since the film hit theaters.

From The Daily Beast

In recent years news outlets have documented the rise of so-called “birth tourism” here in America.

From The Daily Beast

But the site has seen little of the decimation from heavy tourism that has plagued the northern pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

From The Daily Beast

For years too few doctors have seen clearly that gymnastic tourism and sport do more for health than all doctors taken together.

From Project Gutenberg

Increasing tourism has resulted in special problems in resort areas.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• touristry
• travel