観光客|かんこうきゃくkankoukyaku

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   地元じもとの店みせは観光客かんこうきゃく相手あいてに順調じゅんちょうな商売しょうばいをしている。↗

   Local shops do good business with tourists.

• SynonymツーリストNeutralLoanword, mostly seen in travel agency names; in everyday speech 「観光客」 is the usual word.
• Relatedお客様おきゃくさまNeutralHonorific for 「客」: covers customers, passengers and guests welcomed into your home, not limited to tourists, as in 「お客様各位」.
• Related来客らいきゃくNeutralA guest who comes calling, as in 「来客中」. Focuses on people visiting your home or office rather than on sightseeing.
• Related客人きゃくじんWrittenRead 「まろうど」: a guest from afar. Archaic and literary, not used in daily speech; found mainly in classical literature.
• Related訪問者ほうもんしゃNeutralA visitor; somewhat formal, as in visitors to a website. Not necessarily someone who came to enjoy themselves.
• Relatedお客さんおきゃくさんCasualColloquial, friendly word for 「客」: customers, guests and the like. Broad in range and not tied to sightseeing.
• Related訪客ほうきゃくWrittenWritten-style word for a visitor, used rarely; in daily speech say 「来客」 or 「訪問客」.
• Related来観者らいかんしゃNeutralSomeone who comes to view an exhibition or facility; centers on viewing exhibits, not on sightseeing travel.
• Related来訪者らいほうしゃWrittenA person who visits; common in notices and registers, i.e. written contexts. Not necessarily someone out enjoying themselves.
• Related来遊者らいゆうしゃWrittenWritten word for someone who has come for leisure or sightseeing; typical of tourism statistics.
• Related漫遊客まんゆうきゃくWrittenWritten and rare: a person wandering leisurely around a sightseeing area; stresses relaxed strolling.
• Related旅行家りょこうかNeutralA traveller by profession or passion who visits many places; stresses the person's identity rather than sightseeing.
• Related行楽客こうらくきゃくNeutralPeople out on a leisure outing, e.g. flower viewing or a trip to the seaside; stresses recreation and holidays.
• Related訪問客ほうもんきゃくNeutralSomeone calling at a home or office on business or to meet someone; different from tourists at a sightseeing spot.
• Related来者らいしゃWrittenWritten and archaic: a visitor, but also one's juniors or later generations; not used in daily speech.
• Antonym住民じゅうみんNeutralPeople who live in an area; the opposite of 「観光客」, who stay only briefly.
• Antonym地元民じもとみんNeutralThe locals, people long settled in a place; the opposite of 「観光客」, who come from outside.

Use 「観光客」 for people travelling to see the sights, as in 「外国人観光客」; for holiday outings say 「行楽客」. For people calling on you, 「来客」 or 「訪問者」. 「お客様」 and 「お客さん」 cover customers, passengers and guests in general, not just tourists. 「ツーリスト」 is a loanword seen mainly in travel agency names. 「来観者」 is for exhibition visitors. Others — 「来訪者」, 「来遊者」, 「漫遊客」, 「訪客」, 「来者」, 「まろうど」 — are written or archaic terms, mostly in formal prose or statistics. 「地元民」 and 「住民」 are the opposites: locals and residents, not short-stay tourists.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 個人こじん、家族かぞく、団体だんたいで観光かんこう旅行りょこうをする者もの。