tourism

«tourism» in Mova's school dictionary: the business of people travelling to places for holidays… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (tourism — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Tourism is the business of people travelling to places for holidays and of providing them with hotels, trips and things to see. tree →

2) It also means the activity of visiting places as a tourist. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it is studied as an industry: how it brings money and jobs but can also cause crowding, litter and pollution. Phrases: the tourism industry, mass tourism, eco-tourism, sustainable tourism.

examples

• Tourism brings a lot of money to seaside towns. tree →
• New Zealand is famous for adventure tourism like bungee jumping. tree →
• Too much tourism can damage beaches and coral reefs. tree →
• Eco-tourism tries to protect nature while people visit. tree →
• The pandemic hit tourism very hard. tree →
• My uncle works in tourism as a tour guide. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural. Person: tourist; adjective: touristy (informal, often negative). Spelling: tour + ism.

In the corpora

• Countries also trade services, such as banking, insurance, software, films and tourism, not only goods.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tourism» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.