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UK
/tˈɔːɹɪsti/
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ADJECTIVE
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visited by throngs of tourists
tourists descend in busloads...so the whole place is rather touristy
of the three American Virgin islands St. Thomas is the most touristed
How To Use touristy In A Sentence
- We had another good touristy day today, visiting a few galleries, beaches and the like.
- It's blissfully untouristy, although a floating gelateria tootles up and down the shoreline. Times, Sunday Times
- The coast is terribly touristy now.
- In this remote area is a spectacular land of lakes and mountains better known locally as a top ski and extreme sports destination, which has given it a good infrastructure for tourism indeed, some might go so far as to call it touristy, than as a land of great vines. A Year of Wine
- Hong Kong harbour is beautiful and you can go on a junk boat and do all that touristy stuff, which we did. The Sun
- But this weekend, while visiting New York, I had one touristy thing I desperately wanted to do.
- He reappears with a matatu (which in a more touristy place has the wonderful name of ‘tandala,’ as that is how much it costs without pre-barter), which is a mini minibus, basically a van with seats.
- We might have gotten away with it, if one of our number hadn't done the touristy thing and snapped a photo of a passing army vehicle. Christianity Today
- Yet some reviewers panned what they called her touristy themes, garish colors, and the “hysteria” of the giant crosses. Portrait of An Artist
- Most visitors head for the touristy resorts on Maui's miles of golden beaches. Times, Sunday Times