What's the difference between a traveler and a tourist? What are ...

Tourist-One who has to stay at the top hotels;has a driver in every city and can only eat at the hotel restaurant as all others are too dirty and only wants to see what is mentioned in the guidebook. Just my take. ... This is what she told me, "I used to be a traveler now I am a tourist". Perhaps the popular perception is that a tourist is someone who travels with groups, or along predictable paths. I am with Fashionista, that is a great analogy ...