Traveller or tourist?

After reading the opinions of some travelbloggers, I find that there are two points of view according to the topic: “travellers and tourists. What are the differences?” 

Firstly, some people think that there are important differences between travellers and tourists. Travellers usually go to unusual places, meet people, and explore the culture and traditions.  The tourists, oppositely, prefer traveling to relax; they visit touristic places, take photos, buy souvenirs and go home. 

On the other hand, there are people who do not find any difference between the two concepts, only a semantic variance. They think that travellers underline the differences only to feel superior, but the reality is that the traveller only has a more romantic meaning, but, in fact, there is no difference between them. 

Some people would say that travellers accept new cultures and different ways of living while tourists are more interested in visiting popular places. Nevertheless, do not the tourists accept new cultures or the travellers like visiting monuments? To my mind, we are not talking about travellers or tourists, we are all a mixture of the two of them, and we are “travelists”, like Cate Dowman, from Caffeinated Traveller, says.