As nouns the difference between tourism and recreation
is that tourism is the act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home while recreation is any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
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
recreation
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , from (etyl) recreacion, from (etyl) recreatio.
Noun
(
en noun)
Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
Derived terms
* recreation center
* recreation facility
* recreation room
* R and R
Synonyms
* leisure
Etymology 2
(re-) + (creation)
Alternative forms
* re-creation
Noun
(
en noun)
The process of recreating something.
The result of this process.
