as in traveller
a person who travels for pleasure
tourists from all over like to take pictures of the alligators in the bayou
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Since then, Maldonado has opened a brick-and-mortar store that is both beloved within the community and admired by tourists who flock to it as a design destination.
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Automobile tourists have been coming through Jordan on their way to the Fall View Tourist Camp.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Their deaths came just a few months after six tourists — including an American man — died in Laos in November 2024 after drinking alcohol that authorities suspected was tainted with methanol.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
The council also agreed to ask Mayor Todd Gloria to propose a package of other parking changes, such as starting to charge for parking at city beaches — a charge Elo-Rivera said tourists would largely shoulder.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Automobile tourists have been coming through Jordan on their way to the Fall View Tourist Camp.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Their deaths came just a few months after six tourists — including an American man — died in Laos in November 2024 after drinking alcohol that authorities suspected was tainted with methanol.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
The council also agreed to ask Mayor Todd Gloria to propose a package of other parking changes, such as starting to charge for parking at city beaches — a charge Elo-Rivera said tourists would largely shoulder.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourist. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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