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# tourism

noun (tourism — uncountable)

«tourism» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tourism is the business of people travelling to places for holidays and of providing them with hotels, trips and things to see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#m1)
2. It also means the activity of visiting places as a tourist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#x1)
- New Zealand is famous for adventure tourism like bungee jumping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#x2)
- Too much tourism can damage beaches and coral reefs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#x3)
- Eco-tourism tries to protect nature while people visit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#x4)
- The pandemic hit tourism very hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#x5)
- My uncle works in tourism as a tour guide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tourism» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tourism/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tourism» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tourism.html) on Mova free.