detouristify

Definitions

To stop conforming to the expectations or patterns of tourists.

rare

Examples

“If the spectacle of the junior Edimburgeoisie going native in Spain was intended to detouristify Carmen, it hardly succeeded.”

“Nero enjoyed taking long walks in old cities, without a map. He used the following method to detouristify his traveling: he tried to inject some randomness into his schedule⟳ by never deciding on the next destination until he had spent some time in the first one, driving his travel⟳ agent crazy—when he was in Zagreb, his next destination would be determined by his state of mind⟳ while in Zagreb.”

“[…]Barcelona's oldest neighbourhoods that include⟳ the famous La Rambla boulevard, which is getting ambitious makeovers to “detouristify” it and create⟳ more pavement space for pedestrians.”

CEFR level