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the answer "Where is that tourist from?" ends in a preposition, which is discouraged in English. "From where is that tourist," would be more standard formal English.
Thanks, I was working from memory and habbit and a bit of poking around shows that you are right and I am wrong (e.g., http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ending-a-sentence-with-a-preposition)....many of us were taught this as an informal rule but it is not accepted. On the other hand, I'm not sure why the form I wrote is marked wrong; I think it is acceptable even if (contra my earlier claim) not preferred.
I'm a native UK English speaker and also say "From where is that tourist?" It should be accepted. Ending with a preposition is discouraged.
Even the Cambridge Dictionary seems to acknowledge that putting "from" at the end of the sentence is now acceptable. Here is an example sentence under "from - preposition (origin)": "I wonder who this card is from." Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/from.
