Mere asynonymous words? No!
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Icono Clast said:
> Tour operators serve tourists, that we hope we're not, and interfere
> with travellers who we like to think we are.
> getting huffy about nomenclature doesn't solve your problem.
You apparently do no know the answer to the question:
What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller?
I'm sure that many, if not most, in this forum do.
Evelyn Vogt Gamble (Divamanque)
Not really! I think most of us assume that, although we are
"travelers" to another country (often repeatedly "travelers"
to that country), we are still "tourists" when we travel
outside of our own familiar surroundings - even within our
own countries. ("Tourist" is NOT a dirty word, you know!)
Calif Bill
I always took as much time as I could to tourist.
Bill
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Barbara Vaughan
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One is more of a snob than the other?
Barbara
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A traveller is not on vacation?
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me
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> What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller?
>
> I'm sure that many, if not most, in this forum do.
Actually, they are intersecting sets. There are travelers that
are tourists, and tourists that are travelers. Then of course
there are travelers that are not touring and tourist that aren't
traveling.
This summer I shall be both, occasionally simultaneously.
I will travel to Scotland and walk from town to town traveling
each day on foot. The point of each days travels is to in fact
travel the distance, always ending up some place new each day.
Each day has a destination and the purpose of each day is to
reach it (on foot).
However, when my foot travels are complete, I will then travel
to London. In London I will tour the parks, streets, and
other destinations. I will also dine (not merely eat) and
"visit" the theater (does one ever really stay?). And in all
I will concern myself not with which I am at any particular point.
What I will be is me. (Us, really, for I shan't travel alone).
Pints await and I shall not let them down, but instead, drink them up.
P J Wallace
PJW
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Miguel Cruz
> I am a traveller, you are a visitor, they <sniff> are tourists
That's the best illustration of the difference I've seen so far...
miguel
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Jonathan Morton
about nomenclature doesn't solve your problem.
>
> You apparently do no know the answer to the question:
> What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller?
>
> I'm sure that many, if not most, in this forum do.
It's one of those irregular verbs:
I am a traveller
You are a tourist
They are trippers
Regards
Jonathan
Richard
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> [snip]
> > What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller?
> >
> > I'm sure that many, if not most, in this forum do.
>
>
> Actually, they are intersecting sets. There are travelers that
> are tourists, and tourists that are travelers. Then of course
> there are travelers that are not touring and tourist that aren't
> traveling.
>
> This summer I shall be both, occasionally simultaneously.
> I will travel to Scotland and walk from town to town traveling
> each day on foot. The point of each days travels is to in fact
> travel the distance, always ending up some place new each day.
> Each day has a destination and the purpose of each day is to
> reach it (on foot).
Really? Mind giving me an idea as to which towns you plan to include on your
trip? How far do you plan to walk each day? Will you be staying in hostels?
Camping?
Richard