alcotourism
alcotourism noun: the practice of traveling to drink alcohol.
Noun
alcotourism (usually uncountable, plural alcotourisms)
- The practice of traveling to drink alcohol.
- My discussion here draws on early stage research into “alcotourism” that seeks to explore the various ways that people travel to drink, drink while traveling, or even drink to travel (Bell, 2008).2009, Tazim Jamal, Mike Robinson, editors, The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Studies, SAGE, →ISBN, page 26
- Given this association with unruly sexualities, stag tourism remains more controversial than many other forms of alcotourism (Bell 2008), albeit the collapse of sterling against the Euro has somewhat stemmed the flow of UK men to the Baltic states on stag and group tourism.2013, Phil Hubbard, Cities and Sexualities, Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
Forms of alcotourism
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Origin of alcotourism
Blend of alcohol + tourism.
Words formed from alcotourism
Questions about alcotourism
- What does alcotourism mean?
- Alcotourism means the practice of traveling to drink alcohol.
- What part of speech is alcotourism?
- Alcotourism is a noun.
- What is the plural of alcotourism?
- The plural of alcotourism is alcotourisms.
Words near alcotourism in the dictionary
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