sightseeing

Japanese: sightseeing
sightseeing

…In German, there is the word Fremdenverkehr, which means "traffic of foreign visitors," but nowadays Tourismus is widely used as a synonym. As such, tourism and tourism have different etymological meanings, and strictly speaking, some people think that the English equivalent of tourism is sightseeing. Site means "view" and seeing means "to see," so sightseeing means "famous places to see," which is closer to the etymological meaning of tourism. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "sightseeing" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ドイツ語では,〈外客の往来〉を意味するFremdenverkehrという語があるものの,現在ではTourismusが同義語として普及している。 このように観光とツーリズムは語源的に意味合いが異なり,厳密にいえば,観光に対応する英語はサイトシーイングsightseeingだとする考え方もある。サイトとは〈ながめ〉,シーイングとは〈見ること〉であり,したがってサイトシーイングとは〈名所見物〉を意味し,観光の語源的な意味に近くなる。…

※「sightseeing」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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