noun / adjective · neutral
tourist
UK/ˈtʊərɪst/US/ˈtʊrɪst/TOU·rist
Band 4-5speakingtask2
a person who is travelling for pleasure
Examples
“The town attracts thousands of tourists every summer.”
“A tourist attraction can be a museum or a natural site.”
“He works in a tourist information centre.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although it's popular with tourists, the village still retains much of its traditional charm.”
Collocations
- foreign tourist
- tourist attraction
- tourist information
Word family
tourist (n) nountouristic / touristy (adj) adjectivetourism (n) noun
Common mistakes
two tourist→two tourists
tourist attraction = tourist→tourist attraction (điểm thu hút) ≠ tourist (khách)
Say it for a higher band
5visitor→6traveller→7+tourist
Synonyms
traveller
Easily confused
traveller
“She considers herself a traveller rather than a tourist.”
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