Tourism Quotes

“The tourist is a great leveler. From the point of view of a tourist, there are no classes.”

“We want you to visit our State of Oregon again and again. But for heaven's sake, don't move here to live.”

“He did not think of himself as a tourist; he was a traveler. The difference is partly one of time... Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home... the traveler, belonging no more to one place than to the next, moves slowly, over periods of years.”

“The tourist is a spoiler of the landscape. He is the one who destroys what he is looking for.”

“Tourism is the engine of our economy, and we must ensure it is sustainable and benefits our local communities.”

“To be a tourist is to escape accountability.”

“Tourism is our number one industry, but we cannot rely on it alone. We must diversify our economy.”

“The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.”

“To see Florida, you must have a hotel.”

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”

“We have the best food in the world, we have the best entertainment in the world, and we have the best hotels in the world.”

“A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car.”

“To be a tourist is to be a kind of infant, to be faced with a world that is illegible.”

“The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.”

“The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him.”

“Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.”

“The reason it's called 'tourist season' is because you can't shoot them.”