TOURIST

[noun] [C]Millions of tourists (= people who visit places for pleasure and interest, usually while they are on holiday) visit Rome every year.Unusual wildlife and nice beaches attract plenty of foreign tourists to the area.Hordes of tourists flock to the Mediterranean each year.Disneyworld is one of Florida's major tourist attractions.Stratford-upon-Avon is a popular tourist destination.The local tourist (information) office will provide a free map of the region.The summer months are the height of the area's tourist season.We stayed in a small hotel, well off the tourist track (= away from the places that tourists usually go to).Many people travel to the country on tourist visas, then stay and work there illegally.(UK and ANZ) A tourist is also a member of a sports team who is travelling from place to place in a foreign country, playing games.The West Indies easily defeated the tourists.Tourist class (also tourist) on an aircraft or a ship is the ordinary travelling conditions that you get when you buy the cheapest tickets, which are less comfortable than those you get if you buy more expensive tickets.The airline was only able to offer us seats in (the) tourist class at the back of the aircraft.I always travel tourist.(disapproving) This used to be a very pretty little village, but now it's become a real tourist trap (= a crowded place which provides entertainment and things to buy for tourists, often at high prices).