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Tourism vs Exploration - What's the difference?

tourism | exploration |

As nouns the difference between tourism and exploration

is that tourism is the act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home while exploration is the act of exploring.

tourism

English

(wikipedia 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

    exploration

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia exploration) (en noun)
  • The act of exploring
  • Notably penetrating]], or [[range, ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
    • ''The exploration of 'unknown' areas often was the precursor to colonization.
  • A physical examination.

    • Related terms

    * exploratative * exploratory * explorer