1
: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
2
tourist
adjective or adverb
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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Some tourists stumbled upon the skinny discount at Chiang Mai Breakfast World and decided to try it, as shown in a pair of Instagram videos that have since gone viral.
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
And Casadei started out in 1958 in San Mauro Pascoli, Italy, as a small sandal-maker that catered to tourists visiting the Italian Riviera.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Another woman, a tourist from Germany, spent more than six weeks locked up, including over a week in solitary confinement, The Associated Press reported.
—Alex Ashley, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
But after reading about a Welsh woman who was detained for 19 days in the US and sent home in chains after being accused of working illegally while on a tourist visa, Mendlesohn canceled her trip and lost £800 (about $1,050) in travel bookings.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
And Casadei started out in 1958 in San Mauro Pascoli, Italy, as a small sandal-maker that catered to tourists visiting the Italian Riviera.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Another woman, a tourist from Germany, spent more than six weeks locked up, including over a week in solitary confinement, The Associated Press reported.
—Alex Ashley, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
But after reading about a Welsh woman who was detained for 19 days in the US and sent home in chains after being accused of working illegally while on a tourist visa, Mendlesohn canceled her trip and lost £800 (about $1,050) in travel bookings.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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