TOURISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The business of providing services to tourists

Example:

Tourism is a major business in Bermuda

Synonyms:

tourism; touristry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tourism" is a kind of...):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tourism"):

ecotourism (tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature)

Derivation:

tourist (someone who travels for pleasure)