Meanings
nountourism (usually uncountable, plural tourisms)
plural tourisms
- uncountableusuallyThe act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
Mass tourism damaged the beach.
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The state treats Jeju tourism as ideological contraband. […] By criminalizing tourism, the state criminalizes faith.
2025 November 26, Fang Yongrui (pseudonym), “Tourism as Treason: Pastor Sun Chenghao Sentenced to Four and a Half Years for a Trip”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2025 - uncountableusuallyThe industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.
Tourism brings a lot of tax revenue to the area.
- figurativelyuncountableusuallyThe act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.
libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe business of providing services to tourists
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Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
- Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
- Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
- Latintornus
- Latintornō
- Old Frenchtorner
- Old Frenchtour
- Englishtour
- Englishtourism
Translations
Afrikaans toerisme
- toerismethe act of travelling or sightseeing
Arabic سِيَّاحَة
- سِيَّاحَة (siyyāḥa)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Basque turismo, turismo
- turismothe act of travelling or sightseeing
- turismocollectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
Bengali পর্যটন
- পর্যটন (porjoṭon)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Bulgarian тури́зъм
- тури́зъм (turízăm)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Catalan turisme
- turismethe act of travelling or sightseeing
Chinese Cantonese 旅遊 /旅游, 游覽 /游览
- 旅遊 /旅游 (leoi⁵ jau⁴)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 游覽 /游览 (jau⁴ laam⁵)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 旅行the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 觀光 /观光 (gun¹ gwong¹)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Chinese Mandarin 旅遊 /旅游, 游覽 /游览
- 旅遊 /旅游 (lǚyóu)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 游覽 /游览 (yóulǎn)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 旅行 (lǚxíng)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 觀光 /观光 (guānguāng)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 旅遊業 /旅游业 (lǚyóuyè)industry
- 旅遊 /旅游 (lǚyóu)act of visiting for a purpose
- 游覽 /游览 (yóulǎn)act of visiting for a purpose
- 旅行 (lǚxíng)act of visiting for a purpose
- 觀光 /观光 (guānguāng)act of visiting for a purpose
Czech turistika, turismus
- turistikathe act of travelling or sightseeing
- turismusthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Danish turisme
- turismethe act of travelling or sightseeing
Dutch toerisme
- toerismethe act of travelling or sightseeing
Esperanto turismo
- turismothe act of travelling or sightseeing
Estonian turism
- turismthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Finnish matkailu, turismi
- matkailuthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- turismithe act of travelling or sightseeing
- matkailuindustry
- turismicollectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
- turistitcollectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
- turismiact of visiting for a purpose
French tourisme
- tourismethe act of travelling or sightseeing
German Tourismus, Tourismusindustrie
- Tourismusthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- Tourismusindustrieindustry
- Tourismusbrancheindustry
- Fremdenverkehrcollectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
- Reiseverkehrcollectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
- -tourismusact of visiting for a purpose
Greek τουρισμός
- τουρισμός (tourismós)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Hebrew תַּיָּרוּת, תיירות
- תַּיָּרוּתthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- תיירות (tayarút)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Hindi पर्यटन, देशाटन
- पर्यटन (paryaṭan)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- देशाटन (deśāṭan)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- टूरिज़्म (ṭūrizma)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- सियाहत (siyāhat)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- पर्यटन (paryaṭan)industry
Hungarian turizmus
- turizmusthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Icelandic ferðamennska, ferðaþjónusta
- ferðamennskathe act of travelling or sightseeing
- ferðaþjónustaindustry
Indonesian pariwisata, pariwisata
- pariwisatathe act of travelling or sightseeing
- pariwisataindustry
- kepariwisataanindustry
- turismeindustry
Irish turasóireacht, turasóireacht
- turasóireachtthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- turasóireachtindustry
Italian turismo, turismo
- turismothe act of travelling or sightseeing
- turismocollectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
Japanese 観光, 旅行
- 観光 (kankō)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- 旅行 (ryokō)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Korean 관광
- 관광 (gwan'gwang)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Latvian tūrisms
- tūrismsthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Lithuanian turizmas
- turizmasthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Malay pelancongan, pelancongan
- pelanconganthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- pelanconganindustry
Norwegian turisme
- turismethe act of travelling or sightseeing
Norwegian Bokmål turisme
- turismethe act of travelling or sightseeing
Polish turystyka
- turystykathe act of travelling or sightseeing
Portuguese turismo
- turismothe act of travelling or sightseeing
Romanian turism
- turismthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Russian тури́зм, тури́зм
- тури́зм (turízm)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- тури́зм (turízm)industry
Slovak turistika, turizmus
- turistikathe act of travelling or sightseeing
- turizmusthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Spanish turismo, turismo
- turismothe act of travelling or sightseeing
- turismocollectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
Swedish turism
- turismthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Tagalog turismo
- turismothe act of travelling or sightseeing
Thai การท่องเที่ยว
- การท่องเที่ยว (gaan-tɔ̂ng-tîao)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Turkish turizm, seyahat
- turizmthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- seyahatthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Ukrainian тури́зм
- тури́зм (turýzm)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Urdu سِیاحَت, ٹُورِزْم
- سِیاحَت (siyāhat)the act of travelling or sightseeing
- ٹُورِزْم (ṭūrizm)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Vietnamese sự du lịch, du lịch
- sự du lịchthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- du lịchthe act of travelling or sightseeing
- lữ hànhthe act of travelling or sightseeing
Yiddish טוריזם
- טוריזם (turizm)the act of travelling or sightseeing
Cite this entry
APA
tourism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tourism
MLA
“tourism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tourism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tourism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tourism.
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