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touristry

noun

the business of providing services to tourists

- Tourism is a major business in Bermuda

• Syn: ↑tourism

• Derivationally related forms: ↑tourist (for: ↑tourism)

• Hyponyms: ↑ecotourism

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\\ˈtu̇rə̇strē\ noun (-es)

Etymology: tourist (I) + -ry

: the fact or practice of touring; also : the whole body of tourists

all the ruck and rabble of British touristry pour unhindered — R.L.Stevenson

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/toor"euh stree/, n.

1. tourists collectively: the yearly invasion of American touristry.

2. the fact or practice of touring.

[1875-80; TOURIST + -RY]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.