tourist map

Meaning

A tourist map is a map designed specifically for visitors, showing major attractions, landmarks, and streets in a city or region. It is usually simplified to help tourists navigate easily. You can find them at hotels, visitor centers, or online.

Examples

• Can we get a tourist map from the hotel lobby?

  Can we get a tourist map from the hotel lobby?

• The tourist map shows all the historical sites in the old town.

  The tourist map shows all the historical sites in the old town.

• I prefer using a paper tourist map instead of my phone when I travel.

  I prefer using a paper tourist map instead of my phone when I travel.

• Let's check the tourist map to see how far the museum is from here.

  Let's check the tourist map to see how far the museum is from here.

• This tourist map has a list of the best local restaurants on the back.

  This tourist map has a list of the best local restaurants on the back.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I need a tourism map.

  ✓ I need a tourist map.

  'Tourist' is used as a noun adjunct here to describe the map. 'Tourism' refers to the industry as a whole, not the traveler.

• ✗ Can you give me a tourists map?

  ✓ Can you give me a tourist map?

  We use the singular noun 'tourist' before 'map' to act as an adjective. It does not need to be pluralized.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Excuse me, do you have a free ___ of the city center?

  💡 A paper guide showing landmarks.

  Show answer

  tourist map

• According to the ___, the castle is just two blocks away.

  💡 The specialized map for visitors.

  Show answer

  tourist map