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tourist
adjectives
foreign tourists
• Millions of foreign tourists visit the capital every year.
an American/Japanese etc tourist
• She saw a crowd of Japanese tourists, cameras at the ready, wandering down the path.
verbs
tourists visit a place
• About six million tourists visit the country each year.
tourists flock to a place
(= visit it in large numbers )
• Tourists have flocked to the area ever since the TV series was filmed there.
attract/draw tourists
• They hope to change the image of the city and attract more tourists.
tourist + NOUN
a tourist attraction
(= an interesting place for tourists to see or an enjoyable activity for them to do )
• Yellowstone National Park is a major tourist attraction.
a tourist destination/centre/spot
• Egypt became a popular tourist destination in the nineteenth century.
the tourist industry
• The tourist industry is booming, with more visitors this year than ever before.
the tourist season
(= the period in a year when large numbers of tourists visit a place )
• Even in the tourist season the beaches don’t get packed.
phrases
a group/party of tourists
• The guide was talking to a party of tourists.
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noun ADJ. foreign, Western | American, Japanese, etc. | modern, nineteenth-century QUANT. coachload, party VERB + TOURIST attract, draw The Story of the Loch Ness Monster has attracted many tourists to the area. | drive/frighten away The high level of crime is frightening away tourists. TOURIST + VERB flock to sth, frequent sth, visit sth the part of town most frequented by tourists TOURIST + NOUN area, centre, destination, haunt, resort, spot, town, trap Recently Edinburgh has become a popular tourist centre. | attraction, facility, sight Pompeii is one of Italy's prime tourist attractions. The theme park is the region's most popular tourist facility. | route, trail The town is off the usual tourist trail. | hotel, shop | business, industry, trade | board, office | information the local tourist information office | guide I bought a tourist guide to Paris. She works as a tourist guide. | map | traffic, visitors the reduction in tourist traffic due to the violence | season | potential The city has unrealized tourist potential. | visa | bus, coach PHRASES influx of tourists The festival is accompanied by a huge influx of tourists.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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tourist
someone who is visiting a place for pleasure on holiday:
• The hotel is very popular with tourists. • a major tourist destination
traveller
British English , traveler American English someone who travels somewhere:
• a weary traveller returning home after a long journey • The building’s luxurious interior will appeal to business travellers. • The strike will affect air travellers. • Paul Theroux, the American traveller, once went from London to India by train.
visitor
someone who comes to visit a particular country, area, museum etc:
• Times Square attracts more than 30 million visitors annually.
holiday-maker
British English , vacationer American English someone who is on holiday somewhere:
• The beach was packed with holiday-makers. • 75 percent of Alamo's rentals are to vacationers.
sightseer
a tourist who is visiting a famous or interesting place:
• Crowds of sightseers come to London every year.
backpacker
someone who is travelling for pleasure, staying in cheap accommodation and carrying a backpack:
• a cheap hotel which is used mainly by backpackers
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