tourism

UK/ˈtʊəɹɪzəm/US/ˈtʊɹɪzəm/

nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,806 of 15,258mostly written

Tourism is the business of people travelling for pleasure. Mass tourism, the tourism industry, depend on tourism.

It is among the largest industries in the world and among the most fragile, since it collapses the moment anybody is frightened. Overtourism is the word for a place ruined by its own success, and several cities now limit visitor numbers.

Definitions of tourism

1nountourismThe business of people travelling for pleasure.B1+
“The island depends on tourism, so the summer months are the busiest of the year.”

tourism is an industry.

Where it comes from

Old French
tour
English
tour
English, today
tourism

From tour + -ism. tour comes from Old French tour, from torner. From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

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tourism in the wild

International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments.
Tourism
Global tourism accounts for c. 8% of global greenhouse-gas emissions.
Tourism
UN Tourism serves as a global forum for tourism policy and a source of tourism research and knowledge.
UN Tourism
The organization also focusses on ethics, culture and social responsibility related to tourism, provides technical cooperation, and operates a UN Tourism Academy and tourism statistics programs.
UN Tourism
Space tourism started in April 2001, when American businessman and engineer Dennis Tito became the first ever space tourist to travel to space aboard a Soyuz-TM32 spacecraft.
Space tourism

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tourism — used about once every 5,163 pages · #9,806 · point at the bar for the others

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