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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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visitor vs tourist

0The national park draws thousands of [visitors/tourists] a month. 02br
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00Is there any difference between a tourist and a visitor? If you are a tourist and you visit a place, you are also a visitor and I believe the reverse is true too. 02br
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0A visitor is simply someone who is not permanent. "02br 02br 00In the case of a national park, the words are going to be almost interchangeable. 02br 02br 00However, let's say you were on the staff that worked at the park.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0A visitor is simply someone who is not permanent.
  • "02br 02br 00In the case of a national park, the words are going to be almost interchangeable.
  • 02br 02br 00However, let's say you were on the staff that worked at the park.
  • You could have "a visitor" from another park, from the main office, from a local university, etc.
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0A visitor is simply someone who is not permanent. You can have a visitor in your class, in your office, in your home, or in a city.02br
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00A tourist is someone who is there for pleasure and to "see the sightes."02br
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0I totally agree with you. I definitely wouldn't call a professor from another university who is visiting my department a tourist. He can be visiting the town in the evening as a tourist of course.0-
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