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Definition of Touristry
1. Noun. The business of providing services to tourists. "Tourism is a major business in Bermuda"
Specialized synonyms: Ecotourism
Generic synonyms: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Derivative terms: Tourist
Definition of Touristry
1. Noun. tourist industry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Touristry
Literary usage of Touristry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1911)
"Now and again I heard the sound of an axe from the depth of the wood, but in the
road 1 was solitary, for this is not the highway touristry. ..."
2. The Amateur Emigrant: The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905)
"It was a pure little isle of touristry among these solitary hills. The proprietor
was a brave old white-faced Swede. He had wandered this way, Heaven knows ..."
3. Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between by William Dean Howells (1906)
"... but the present must keep itself locked against the average touristry to which
the past is open. Afterwards we visited the famous city again and again ..."
4. Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between by William Dean Howells (1906)
"There looked charming houses here and there in the quiet streets and places, but
the present must keep itself locked against the average touristry to which ..."
5. An Inland Voyage, and Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson (1922)
"Under these safeguards, portly clergymen, school-mistresses, gentlemen in grey
tweed suits, and all the ruck and rabble of British touristry pour unhindered ..."
6. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1908)
"No town should ever be made a mere " show place," devoted to the pettier kinds
of touristry and dilettante antiquarian delight. But Quebec has room to set ..."
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