excursionist

Example Sentences

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The Yorkshire Dales provide excursionists with breathtaking views and scenic routes.

From National Geographic

"Rescue operations are in progress following a large ice avalanche involving excursionists", the Trento provincial government said, adding that there was likely to be a "heavy toll" of injuries or deaths.

From Reuters

The dead were in a group of backcountry excursionists who climb above tree line to the mountain crest and then ski down.

From US News

In 1904, the Ladies’ Association that ran George Washington’s plantation home decreed that only the Charles Macalester, a steamboat that catered exclusively to white excursionists, could use its wharf.

From Washington Post

An hour afterward two horses with drooping heads went into their stalls, and two jaded excursionists had each dropped into hot baths at Harbin's Springs.

From Project Gutenberg