Definitions for TOURISTS
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1. tourists

   Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Tourism numbers declined as a result of a strong economic slowdown (the late-2000s recession) between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and in consequence of the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to the growth. The United Nations World Tourism Organization estimated that global international tourist arrivals might decrease by 58% to 78% in 2020, leading to a potential loss of US$0.9–1.2 trillion in international tourism receipts.Globally, international tourism receipts (the travel item in balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2005, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012. Emerging source markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade.Global tourism accounts for c. 8% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. Emissions as well as other significant environmental and social impacts are not always beneficial to local communities and their economies. For this reason, many tourist development organizations have begun to focus on sustainable tourism to mitigate the negative effects caused by the growing impact of tourism. The United Nations World Tourism Organization emphasized these practices by promoting tourism as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, through programs like the International Year for Sustainable Tourism for Development in 2017, and programs like Tourism for SDGs focusing on how SDG 8, SDG 12 and SDG 14 implicate tourism in creating a sustainable economy.Tourism has reached new dimensions with the emerging industry of space tourism as well as the current industry with cruise ships, there are many different ways of tourism. Another potential new tourism industry is virtual tourism.

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1. touristsnoun

   Plural noun of the word tourist.

   The city center tourist information office provided services and information for all types of tourists to the city.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2016  

How to pronounce TOURISTS?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TOURISTS in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TOURISTS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of TOURISTS in a Sentence

1. Keo Puth Vireak:

   I still get a few local customers, but Chinese tourists don't come here and the Western ones have fled, i liked them better. They were here to have fun, not just gamble. And they understood that us locals need to make a living.

2. Boiko Borisov:

   I always say that I want the Black Sea to see sailboats, yachts, large boats with tourists and not become an arena of military action ... I do not need a war in the Black Sea, let's stop with the speculations that fleets will be set up against anyone.

3. Jenny Bortoluzzi:

   Fisheries may collapse, with artisanal fishers being the likely most affected, and popular tourism destinations which rely on sharks to attract tourists will also suffer greatly, its important to understand that as much as our oceans need sharks, so do we.

4. Steve Galster:

   We know that some zoos and a lot of wildlife operators supply animals into the black market, they breed the animals, have some there to make money from tourists, and sell the extra ones.

5. Hari Man Lama:

   Tourists are fleeing because of the continuing aftershocks, which have brought fear and terror, there's fear of the spread of disease because of the dead bodies that are still unburied and the lack of water and supplies.

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourists