tourism

English

Etymology

From tour +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː(ɹ).ɪz.əm/, /ˈtʊə̯(ɹ).ɪz.əm/

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Noun

tourism (usually uncountable, plural tourisms)

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

   Mass tourism damaged the beach.

2. The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.

   Tourism brings a lot of tax revenue to the area.

3. (figurative) The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.

   libel tourism; suicide tourism; sex tourism

Derived terms

• abortion tourism
• accessible tourism
• agritourism
• agrotourism
• agrotourism
• alcotourism
• antitourism
• antitourism
• aquatourism
• aquatourism
• architourism
• architourism
• astrotourism
• avitourism
• avitourism
• benefit tourism
• birth tourism
• bookstore tourism
• burglary tourism
• class tourism
• conscious tourism
• cultural tourism
• cybertourism
• cybertourism
• dark tourism
• disaster tourism
• ecotourism
• educational tourism
• enotourism
• enotourism
• ethnotourism
• ethnotourism
• faith tourism
• gambling tourism
• gastrotourism
• gastrotourism
• geotourism
• ghetto tourism
• health tourism
• jungle tourism
• libel tourism
• mass tourism
• medical tourism
• nontourism
• nontourism
• overtourism
• party tourism
• pescatourism
• pescatourism
• phototourism
• phototourism
• poorism
• poorism
• posttourism
• posttourism
• protourism
• protourism
• religious tourism
• romance tourism
• sex tourism
• space tourism
• suicide tourism
• sustainable tourism
• teletourism
• teletourism
• thanatourism
• tourist
• undertourism
• VFR tourism
• voluntourism
• war tourism

 

Related terms

• tourist

Descendants

• → French: tourisme (see there for further descendants)

Translations

the act of travelling or sightseeing

• Afrikaans: toerisme
• Albanian: turizm m
• Arabic: سِيَّاحَة f (siyyāḥa)

  Egyptian Arabic: سياحة f (seyāḥa)

• Aragonese: torismo
• Armenian: տուրիզմ (hy) (turizm), զբոսաշրջություն (hy) (zbosašrǰutʻyun)
• Assamese: পৰ্যটন (porzoton)
• Asturian: turismu m
• Azerbaijani: turizm
• Basque: turismo (eu)
• Belarusian: туры́зм m (turýzm)
• Bengali: পর্যটন (bn) (porjoṭon)
• Bulgarian: тури́зъм (bg) m (turízǎm)
• Catalan: turisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅遊 / 旅游 (zh) (lǚyóu), 游覽 / 游览 (yóulǎn), 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng), 觀光 / 观光 (zh) (guānguāng)

• Czech: turistika (cs) f, turismus m
• Danish: turisme c
• Dutch: toerisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: turismo (eo)
• Estonian: turism
• Finnish: matkailu (fi), turismi (fi)
• French: tourisme (fr) m
• Galician: turismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ტურიზმი (ṭurizmi)
• German: Tourismus (de) m
• Greek: τουρισμός (el) m (tourismós)
• Hebrew: תַּיָּרוּת / תיירות (he) (tayarút)
• Hindi: पर्यटन (hi) m (paryaṭan), टूरिज़्म (ṭūrizma), देशाटन (hi) m (deśāṭan)
• Hungarian: turizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: ferðamennska (is) f
• Ido: turismo (io)
• Indonesian: pariwisata (id)
• Irish: turasóireacht f
• Italian: turismo (it) m
• Japanese: 観光 (ja) (かんこう, kankō), 旅行 (ja) (りょこう, ryokō)
• Kazakh: туризм (turizm)
• Khmer: ទេសចរណ៍ (teihsaʼcɑɑ)
• Korean: 관광(觀光) (ko) (gwan'gwang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: geştûguzarî (ku), turîzm (ku)

• Kyrgyz: туризм (ky) (turizm)
• Lao: ການທ່ອງທ່ຽວ (lo) (kān thǭng thiāu)
• Latvian: tūrisms m
• Lithuanian: turizmas m
• Luxembourgish: Tourismus
• Macedonian: тури́зам m (turízam)
• Malay: pelancongan (ms)
• Malayalam: വിനോദസഞ്ചാരം (ml) (vinōdasañcāraṁ), ടൂറിസം (ml) (ṭūṟisaṁ)
• Marathi: पर्यटन n (paryaṭan)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: жуулчлал (mn) (žuulčlal)

• Norwegian: turisme

  Bokmål: turisme m

  Nynorsk: turisme m

• Occitan: torisme (oc) m
• Pashto: سياحت (ps) m (sayāhat), ټوريزم m (ṭorizǝm)
• Persian: گردشگری (fa) (gardešgari), جهانگردی (fa) (jahângardi), سیاحت (fa) (sayyâhat)
• Polish: turystyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: turismo (pt) m
• Romanian: turism (ro) n
• Russian: тури́зм (ru) m (turízm)
• Sanskrit: पर्यटन (sa) (paryaṭana), पर्यटनम् (sa) m (paryaṭanam)
• Sardinian: turismu
• Scots: tourism
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: турѝзам m

  Roman: turìzam (sh) m

• Sinhalese: සංචාරක (saṁcāraka)
• Slovak: turistika f, turizmus m
• Slovene: turizem (sl) m
• Spanish: turismo (es) m
• Swedish: turism (sv) c
• Tagalog: turismo
• Tajik: ҷаҳонгардӣ (jahongardi), саёҳат (sayohat), туризм (tg) (turizm), сайёҳат (sayyohat)
• Thai: การท่องเที่ยว (th) (gaan-tɔ̂ng-tîao)
• Turkish: turizm (tr)
• Turkmen: syýahatçylyk, turizm
• Ukrainian: тури́зм m (turýzm)
• Urdu: سیاحت f (sayyāhat), ٹورزم (ṭūrizma)
• Uyghur: ساياھەچىلىك (sayahechilik)
• Uzbek: turizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự du lịch (vi), du lịch (vi), lữ hành (vi)
• Yiddish: טוריזם (turizm)

industry

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅遊業 / 旅游业 (zh) (lǚyóuyè)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: matkailu (fi)
• German: Tourismusindustrie (de) f, Tourismusbranche (de) f
• Icelandic: ferðaþjónusta (is) f
• Indonesian: pariwisata (id)
• Irish: turasóireacht f
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: pelancongan (ms)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: тури́зм (ru) m (turízm)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark

• Basque: turismo (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: turismi (fi), turistit pl
• German: Fremdenverkehr (de) m, Reiseverkehr m
• Italian: turismo (it) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: turismo (es) m

act of visiting for a purpose

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅遊 / 旅游 (zh) (lǚyóu), 游覽 / 游览 (yóulǎn), 旅行 (zh) (lǚxíng), 觀光 / 观光 (zh) (guānguāng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: turismi (fi)
• German: -tourismus (de) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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