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The Tourists

By 1977, they had recruited bass guitarist Eddie Chin and drummer Jim Toomey, and rechristened themselves The Tourists.


Peet Coombes

Peet Coombes (1952–1997) was a British musician, guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre-Eurythmics bands, The Catch, who only released one single, "Borderline/Black Blood" (1977, Logo) before morphing into the other, The Tourists, who had quite a few UK hits in the late '70s. Many of The Tourists' songs were written by Peet.

Reality Effect

Reality Effect is the second album by the British band The Tourists, released in 1979.


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A. A. Priestley's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1896–97

Clifford Goodman and Archie Cumberbatch took 9 wickets each for the West Indians as did Andrew Stoddart for the tourists.

Australian cricket team in England in 1902

In a low-scoring match at the Liverpool Cricket Club Ground at Aigburth, the tourists almost suffered their third defeat.

Bangladesh A cricket team in England in 2005

However, 83 from wicketkeeper Stephen Snell lifted them to 232, before Jon Lewis and James Averis dug into the tourists to reduce them to 29 for 3.

Dalaman

Dalaman is known for its international airport which serves as a gateway to the tourists who visit this part of Turkey every year, heading especially to seaside resorts to the west and east of Dalaman such as Marmaris, Fethiye, Köyceğiz, Dalyan, Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü.

Hum Jayega

Whenever the tourists asked who will go to the muddy underdeveloped roads to the hills, he used to answer "hum jayega" (meaning "I'll go" in Hindi) and this is how he got his nickname.

Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005–06

V. V. S. Laxman and Yuvraj Singh retired after making half-centuries on the second day, and after 27 second-day overs the tourists declared 414 ahead.

John Ajvide Lindqvist

As a teenager, Ajvide Lindqvist used to perform street magic for the tourists walking on Västerlånggatan in Stockholm.

John Crawley

The tourists' team had included Shane Warne and Merv Hughes, and Crawley's performance moved the Australian coach Bob Simpson to label him the best batsman they had played against that summer.

Kabale

Kabale is often used as a stop-off point for people visiting Lake Bunyonyi and is also a convenient base for the tourists to the two parks famous for mountain gorilla tracking : Mgahinga National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Ken Catchpole

He played alongside Arthur Summons in the halves, scored a try and help New South Wales to an upset 18–14 win over the tourists to mark his state debut.

Nam Song River

Upstream from Vang Vieng, numerous bars have been built on the river's banks to attract the tourists floating by.

Osbert Mackie

The tourists stuck with the same four threequarters until the final match, with Mackie being joined by Lawrence Bulger, J. F. Byrne and Robert Johnston.

Philadelphian cricket team

The Philadelphians won a high-scoring first match but the tourists won a low-scoring second match, Sammy Woods taking 15 wickets.

Rangamati Hill District

Cruising on the Kaptai Lake is an enjoyable way of observing the landscape as many great picnic spots, natural landmarks and historic monuments are accessible only by motorboats.The Rangamati Parjatan offers such tours to the tourists, taking them to great sights, locations of cultural and historical significance while explaining the diversity that exists in this district.

South African cricket team in England in 1994

From 35/2, the tourists looked in a little trouble, but Gary Kirsten and captain Kepler Wessels (105) dug in and built obdurate innings, adding 106 before Kirsten (72) holed out to DeFreitas off Graeme Hick's bowling.

Tourism in Uttarakhand

The state is popular as Devbhumi(land of Gods) for the presence of numerous Hindu pilgrimage sites in the state.As a result religious forms a major portion of the tourists in the state.