holidaymaker

• holiday-maker

holiday +‎ maker

holidaymaker (plural holidaymakers)

1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, India, South Africa, Canada) someone who is on holiday

   The beaches were crowded with holidaymakers.

   • 1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 212:

     The Northern coastal districts of Kent, from Whitstable to Ramsgate, are one of the distressed areas of England. Their main industry – in fact almost the only one – is the summer holidaymakers, both day-trippers and fortnightly boarders. In these changing times, the habits of holidaymakers are altering also.

   • 2022 February 23, “Network News: New escalators at Gatwick Airport”, in RAIL, number 951, page 15:

     "With the number of holidaymakers back on the rise, upgrading critical infrastructure like Gatwick Airport station is key to improving the passenger experience," said Rail Minister Wendy Morton.

• holidayer (UK)
• vacationer (US)

• “holidaymaker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.