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Tourist vs Holidaymaker - What's the difference?

tourist | holidaymaker |

As nouns the difference between tourist and holidaymaker

is that tourist is someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business while holidaymaker is someone who is on holiday.

tourist

English

(Tourism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist , and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • (derogatory) One who visits a place or attends a social event out of curiosity, wanting to watch without commitment or involvement.
  • (sports, informal) A member of the visiting team in a match.

    • Derived terms

    * touristic * tourist office * tourist trap * touristy

    Related terms

    * tour * tour guide * tourism

    holidaymaker

    English

    Alternative forms

    *holiday-maker

    Noun

  • (British) someone who is on holiday

    • Synonyms

    *holidayer (UK) *vacationer (US)