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tourism|ˈtʊərɪz(ə)m|
Also ‖ tourisme |turizm|.
[f. tour n. + -ism.]
The theory and practice of touring; travelling for pleasure. (Orig. usually depreciatory.) Also, the business of attracting tourists and providing for their accommodation and entertainment; the business of operating tours.
1811Sporting Mag. XXXVIII. 251 Sublime Cockey Tourism. 1843Thackeray Irish Sk.-bk. xvii, No doubt, ere long..the rush of London tourism will come this way [West of Ireland]. 1872Jerningham tr. Hübner's Sixtus the Fifth i. vi. I. 87 Tourism was born in the seventeenth century, and Englishmen were the first to practice it. 1903C. Whibley Thackeray iii. 44 The literature of ‘tourism’ is ever increasing. 1910Blackw. Mag. Feb. 207/2 He thus inaugurated veritable aerial tourism. 1930Time & Tide 2 May 555 The office of the commissioner of tourisme in France..was organized to clip as many petty annoyances as possible from the routine activities of visitors. 1954H. F. M. Prescott Jerusalem Journey v. 127 A mosque, to the Christian pilgrim, was forbidden ground, unless..he were ready to risk martyrdom in the cause of ‘tourisme’. 1955Times 24 May 9/3 In addition to the importance of the Kariba project for power and irrigation, emphasis is being laid on its potentialities with regard to fishing and tourism. 1976J. Archer Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less xii. 128 Tourism is the chief source of income for the Principality, and the Monégasques take the welfare of their visitors very seriously. 1981I. McEwan Comfort of Strangers i. 12 They dutifully fulfilled the many tasks of tourism the ancient city imposed, visiting its major and minor churches, its museums and palaces, all treasure-packed. |