touristischen

Touristischen is an inflected form of the German adjective touristisch, meaning related to tourism or tourism-related. The base word tourismus, from which the adjective is derived, refers to travel for pleasure, business, or cultural purposes. The construction of touristisch follows standard German adjective inflection patterns, so touristischen appears before nouns in various grammatical cases and numbers.

Usage and scope

In ordinary writing and signage, touristisch is used to describe things connected with tourism, such as attractions, information, infrastructure, or services. Common phrases include touristischen Attraktionen (tourist attractions), touristischen Informationen (tourist information), and touristische Angebote (tourist offers). The form touristischen is the declined ending that appears before nouns in several cases, for example in plural contexts or in certain singular cases (such as dative or feminine forms) after definite or other determiners.

Examples

- die touristischen Attraktionen (the tourist attractions)

- mit den touristischen Informationen (with the tourist information)

- das touristische Angebot (the tourist offer)

- dem touristischen Angebot (to/for the tourist offer)

- der touristischen Information (the tourist information, feminine singular in dative/genitive contexts)

Etymology and relation to tourism

The adjective is derived from Tourismus, the noun for tourism, itself borrowed into German from the international term for travel as organized activity. As a descriptor, touristisch appears widely in tourism marketing, travel writing, planning documents, and visitor-oriented signage to indicate features or services aimed at visitors.

See also

Tourismus, Tourismuswirtschaft, tourism-related terminology.