Travel / B2

TOORR-iz-uh-m/ˈtʊərɪzəm/

Tourism is the business of people visiting places for pleasure (usually uncountable): mass tourism; tourism revenue. A tourist is a person (already in the dictionary); a tour is a trip (already elsewhere). Quote tourism revenue in the case study, not a selfie. Mix-up: terrorism (already in the dictionary); tournament. Do not write “a tourism” as a single holiday.

Meaning

The business of people visiting places for pleasure (usually uncountable).

Examples

• “Quote tourism revenue in the coastal case study, not a selfie caption.”
• “Mass tourism strained the footpath, the geography paper said, which is the industry-impact sense.”

Good to know

mass / sustainable tourism; tourism revenue / jobs. Person: tourist. Trip: tour. Trap: terrorism. Geography and economics. The industry, not one visitor.

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