The difference is that at 6 p.m., once the last tourists have departed, these living temple artifacts pack up and go home.

Ms. Coello was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest port and the city from which tourists typically depart for the Galápagos.

And every summer, tourists depart New England and West Coast ports on whale-watching cruises, hoping for a glimpse of these vulnerable yet majestic mammals.

The tourists departed.

In Virginia Beach, the beaches and boardwalk were relatively quiet, with many tourists having departed early or canceled their plans to visit.

But we also learned that Guatemala is not easy, that tourists who head there need to pack an ample supply of patience before they depart.

Most ship-based tourists depart for the peninsula from Ushuaia in Argentina.

During those interminable months before Labor Day arrived and the tourists departed, I retreated to a damp and fly-plagued booth perched above the harbor.

He was selected for the 1953 tour of England, and scored 76 against Tasmania before the tourists departed.

Photographer Ed Thompson sought out the protestors after dark, once the tourists and the media had departed, to document the organisation and compassion at ground level.