tourism

noun
/ˈtɔːɹɪzəm/

Etymology

From tour + -ism.

  1. derived from tour
  2. derived from tor
  3. suffixed as tourism — “tour + -ism

Definitions

  1. The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.

    • Mass tourism damaged the beach.
    • The state treats Jeju tourism as ideological contraband. […] By criminalizing tourism, the state criminalizes faith.
  2. The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.

    • Tourism brings a lot of tax revenue to the area.
  3. The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.

    • libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tourism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA