A2 someone who visits a place for pleasure and interest, usually while on holiday:
Hordes (= very large groups) of tourists flock to the Mediterranean each year.
Disneyworld is one of Florida's major tourist attractions.
› UK a member of a sports team who is travelling from place to place in a foreign country, playing games:
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- I must look like the typical tourist with my shorts and my camera.
- My dad has a cottage which he rents out to tourists.
- The Caribbean is a popular tourist destination.
- Bus-loads of tourists pour into this place in the summer.
- A year after the hurricane, tourists are gradually beginning to come back to the region.
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