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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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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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The latest additions to the popular tourist list including unique sites that may be unfamiliar to even the most frequent of travelers, like Møns Klint in Denmark, which features white chalk cliffs spilling into the Baltic Sea dating back 70 million years.
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
And the idea that Anaheim might be a tourist destination was laughable.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
In 2002, a local private company was granted access to Kolmanskop as a tourist destination.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 13 July 2025
The North Rim's loss affects millions of annual Grand Canyon visitors, although the South Rim remains unaffected and continues to draw the majority of tourist activity.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
And the idea that Anaheim might be a tourist destination was laughable.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
In 2002, a local private company was granted access to Kolmanskop as a tourist destination.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 13 July 2025
The North Rim's loss affects millions of annual Grand Canyon visitors, although the South Rim remains unaffected and continues to draw the majority of tourist activity.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for tourist
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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