tourist season

Meaning

The specific time of year when a particular destination receives the highest number of visitors. This period typically features higher prices, crowded attractions, and fully booked accommodations.

Examples

• Prices for flights always double during the peak tourist season.

  Prices for flights always double during the peak tourist season.

• The best time to visit Italy is just before the tourist season starts.

  The best time to visit Italy is just before the tourist season starts.

• During the tourist season, the beaches are incredibly crowded.

  During the tourist season, the beaches are incredibly crowded.

• Many local shops only open during the high tourist season.

  Many local shops only open during the high tourist season.

• We decided to travel off-season to avoid the crazy tourist season.

  We decided to travel off-season to avoid the crazy tourist season.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ There are many travelers in the tourism season.

  ✓ There are many travelers during the tourist season.

  'Tourism' refers to the industry as a whole, while 'tourist' is used as an adjective here to describe the season of visitors.

• ✗ The tourist season is very crowd.

  ✓ The tourist season is very crowded.

  'Crowd' is a noun. To describe a place or time period with too many people, use the adjective 'crowded'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Hotel rates are much higher during the peak ___.

  💡 The busy time of year for travel.

  Show answer

  tourist season

• If you hate crowds, don't visit Paris in the middle of ___.

  💡 When most travelers visit.

  Show answer

  tourist season