tourist class

American  

noun

1. the least costly class of accommodations on regularly scheduled ships and airplanes.

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Other Word Forms

• tourist-class
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of tourist class

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Today, tourists flock by the hundreds to the “bluff walk” directly behind some Baxter Road houses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The perception may help at times—after all, there are few other restaurants in D.C. that out-of-town tourists flock to—and it may hurt.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

And while thousands of tourists flock to catch a glimpse of these magnificent predators, researchers are developing novel ways to keep people and bears safely separated.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

At the heart of its bustling downtown is the Dotonbori River, where millions of tourists flock annually to bask under the iconic billboards, their multicolored glare spilling into the river.

From National Geographic • Feb. 9, 2024

All summer long the tourists flock to that church about six o'clock in the evening, and pay their franc, and listen to the noise.

From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 by Twain, Mark