As nouns the difference between tourism and excursion
is that tourism is the act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home while excursion is a brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
tourism
Noun
(
en-noun)
The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
Collectively, the tourists visiting a place or landmark.
The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.
- libel tourism'''; suicide '''tourism'''; sex '''tourism
Derived terms
* accessible tourism
* agritourism
* benefit tourism
* birth tourism
* bookstore tourism
* conscious tourism
* cultural tourism
* dark tourism
* disaster tourism
* ecotourism
* educational tourism
* faith tourism
* gambling tourism
* geotourism
* ghetto tourism
* jungle tourism
* libel tourism
* mass tourism
* medical tourism
* religious tourism
* sex tourism
* space tourism
* suicide tourism
* sustainable tourism
* thanatourism
* tourist
* VFR tourism
* voluntourism
* war tourism
excursion
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
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citation
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Derived terms
* alarums and excursions
* excursion steamer
Related terms
* excursus
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