Made suitor try, on vacation, to be suited for vacationers (8)

I believe the answer is:

touristy

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'suited for vacationers' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes mean the same thing.

'made suitor try on vacation' is the wordplay.
'made' is an anagram indicator.
'on vacation' means to remove the middle letters (after the inside letters have vacated the word).
'try' with its centre taken out is 'ty'.
'suitor' is an anagram of 'touris'.
'touris'+'ty'='TOURISTY'

'to be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for touristy that I've seen before include "Full of sightseers" , "popular with holidaymakers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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