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IPA (key ) : /ˈtɔːɹɪzəm/ , /ˈtʊəɹɪzəm/ tourism (usually uncountable , plural tourisms
The act of travelling or sightseeing , particularly away from one's home.
Mass tourism damaged the beach.
2025 November 26, Fang Yongrui (pseudonym), “Tourism as Treason: Pastor Sun Chenghao Sentenced to Four and a Half Years for a Trip”, in Bitter Winter [1] the original on 26 November 2025 :The state treats Jeju tourism as ideological contraband. [ …] By criminalizing tourism , the state criminalizes faith.
The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.
Tourism brings a lot of tax revenue to the area.
( figurative ) region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.
libel tourism ; suicide tourism ; sex tourism
→ French: tourisme see there for further descendants )the act of travelling or sightseeing
Afrikaans: toerisme
Albanian: turizm m
Arabic: سِيَّاحَة f ( siyyāḥa )
Egyptian Arabic: سياحة f ( seyāḥa )
Aragonese: torismo
Armenian: տուրիզմ (hy) ( turizm ) , զբոսաշրջություն (hy) ( zbosašrǰutʻyun )
Assamese: পৰ্যটন ( porzoton )
Asturian: turismu m
Azerbaijani: turizm səyahət (az)
Basque: turismo (eu)
Belarusian: туры́зм m ( turýzm )
Bengali: পর্যটন (bn) ( porjoṭon )
Bulgarian: тури́зъм (bg) m ( turízǎm )
Carpathian Rusyn: тури́стика f ( turýstyka )
Catalan: turisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 旅遊 / 旅游 ( leoi5 jau4 ) , 游覽 / 游览 ( jau4 laam5 ) , 旅行 ( leoi5 hang4 ) , 觀光 / 观光 ( gun1 gwong1 )
Mandarin: 旅遊 / 旅游 (zh) ( lǚyóu ) , 游覽 / 游览 ( yóulǎn ) , 旅行 (zh) ( lǚxíng ) , 觀光 / 观光 (zh) ( guānguāng )
Czech: turistika (cs) f turismus m
Danish: turisme c
Dutch: toerisme (nl) n
Esperanto: turismo (eo)
Estonian: turism
Finnish: matkailu (fi) , turismi (fi)
French: tourisme (fr) m
Galician: turismo (gl) m
Georgian: ტურიზმი ( ṭurizmi )
German: Tourismus (de) m
Greek: τουρισμός (el) m ( tourismós )
Hebrew: תַּיָּרוּת / תיירות (he) ( tayarút )
Hindi: पर्यटन (hi) m ( paryaṭan ) , देशाटन (hi) m ( deśāṭan ) , टूरिज़्म m ( ṭūrizma ) , सियाहत (hi) f ( siyāhat )
Hungarian: turizmus (hu)
Icelandic: ferðamennska (is) f
Ido: turismo (io)
Indonesian: pariwisata (id)
Irish: turasóireacht f
Italian: turismo (it) m
Japanese: 観光 (ja) ( かんこう, kankō ) , 旅行 (ja) ( りょこう, ryokō )
Kazakh: туризм ( turizm ) , саяхат ( saäxat )
Khmer: ទេសចរណ៍ ( teihsaʼcɑɑ )
Korean: 관광(觀光) (ko) ( gwan'gwang )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: geştûguzarî (ku) , turîzm (ku)
Kyrgyz: туризм (ky) ( turizm ) , саякат (ky) ( sayakat )
Lao: ການທ່ອງທ່ຽວ (lo) ( kān thǭng thiāu )
Latvian: tūrisms m
Lithuanian: turizmas m
Luxembourgish: Tourismus
Macedonian: тури́зам m ( turízam )
Malay: pelancongan (ms)
Malayalam: വിനോദസഞ്ചാരം (ml) ( vinōdasañcāraṁ ) , ടൂറിസം (ml) ( ṭūṟisaṁ )
Marathi: पर्यटन n ( paryaṭan )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: жуулчлал (mn) ( žuulčlal )
Norwegian: turisme Bokmål: turisme m
Nynorsk: turisme m
Occitan: torisme (oc) m
Pashto: سياحت (ps) m ( sayāhat ) , ټوريزم m ( ṭorizǝm )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: گَرْدِشْگَری (fa) ( gardešgari ) , جَهانْگَرْدی (fa) ( jahângardi ) , سِیاحَت (fa) ( siyâhat )
Polish: turystyka (pl) f
Portuguese: turismo (pt) m
Romanian: turism (ro) n
Russian: тури́зм (ru) m ( turízm )
Sanskrit: पर्यटन (sa) ( paryaṭana ) , पर्यटनम् (sa) m ( paryaṭanam )
Sardinian: turismu
Scots: tourism
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: турѝзам m
Latin: turìzam (sh) m
Sinhalese: සංචාරක ( saṁcāraka )
Slovak: turistika f turizmus m
Slovene: turizem (sl) m
Spanish: turismo (es) m
Swedish: turism (sv) c
Tagalog: turismo
Tajik: ҷаҳонгардӣ ( jahongardi ) , саёҳат ( sayohat ) , сайёҳат ( sayyohat ) , туризм (tg) ( turizm )
Thai: การท่องเที่ยว (th) ( gaan-tɔ̂ng-tîao )
Turkish: turizm (tr) , seyahat (tr)
Turkmen: syýahatçylyk turizm syýahat
Ukrainian: тури́зм m ( turýzm )
Urdu: سِیاحَت f ( siyāhat ) , ٹُورِزْم m ( ṭūrizm )
Uyghur: ساياھەچىلىك ( sayahechilik ) , ساياھەت (ug) ( sayahet )
Uzbek: turizm (uz) , sayohat (uz)
Vietnamese: sự du lịch (vi) , du lịch (vi) , lữ hành (vi)
Yiddish: טוריזם ( turizm )
collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark
act of visiting for a purpose
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旅遊 / 旅游 (zh) ( lǚyóu ) , 游覽 / 游览 ( yóulǎn ) , 旅行 (zh) ( lǚxíng ) , 觀光 / 观光 (zh) ( guānguāng )
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Finnish: turismi (fi)
German: -tourismus (de) m
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