antitourism

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adjective

Opposing tourism.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveantitourism (comparative more antitourism, superlative most antitourism)

comparative more antitourism · superlative most antitourism

  1. governmentOpposing tourism.
nounantitourism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOpposition to tourism.

    By 1850, though, there were enough of the new generation of nouveaux-riches tourists visiting Europe to provoke a strong current of what could be called class-based antitourism.

    2000, Harvey Levenstein, Seductive Journey, page 177
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    Antitourism, the end of travel and deceleration are themes that have been examined closely by others studying travel writing, but they provide background to many of the encounters discussed in the following chapters […]

    2015, Catharine Mee, Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing, page 18

Origin

Translations

Portuguese antiturismo
  • antiturismoopposing tourism
Spanish antiturismo
  • antiturismoopposing tourism
Swedish antiturism
  • antiturismopposing tourism
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Chicago

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