Talk:touristic

Non-native speakers' English

In my experience this term is used mostly by non-native speakers of English. I didn't even think it was really a word. I've never heard europeans use the word which in my experience is common: touristy. I looked at some dictionaries and found that some have an entry for touristy but not touristic. Some also note that touristy generally has negative connotations. All worth looking into. — Hippietrail 04:13, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Touristy sounds informal to me, while touristic sounds formal — like the difference between officey and officelike. Equinox ◑ 04:22, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

They do sound that way, but touristic is not a word native English speakers use...ever. It sounds like it should be a word but it isn't one to us. Oaklandj (talk) 15:18, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

My view on touristy vs. touristic

In response to this: I am a native English speaker from Europe. I was born in England and I have also lived in Scotland, Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland.It is interesting for me because I have had the opposite reflex when I came across the word "touristy". I thought that "touristy" was a made up word. When I hear the word "touristic" I think of the positive aspects of the described destination i.e. Worth visiting by tourists. Whereas when something is described to me as being touristy I think of too many tourists spoiling that place. I am interested to hear comments from others — This comment was unsigned.

As an American, I initial reaction was that touristic was made up and rare, while the very common touristy was slang or non-standard. A quick google search indicates the opposite, however. And m-w.com and dictionary.com have entries for both. --Connel MacKenzie 18:05, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Stress

I'm a non-native speaker from mainland Europe and—accordingly, I suppose—I thought that "touristic" was normal and I'd never heard "touristy". Be that as it may: "touristic" is stressed on the second syllable (tou-RIS-tic), whereas the one single time that I heard "touristy" it was stressed on the first (TOU-ris-ty). Is that correct? — This unsigned comment was added by 84.188.183.15 (talk).

• Yes. Quite correct. SemperBlotto (talk) 16:09, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Is it really rare in the UK?

Seems like a perfectly normal word to me. Equinox ◑ 22:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)