Intourist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Intourist
< Russian Inturíst (acronym from inostránnyĭ turíst foreign tourist)
Example Sentences
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Visits were tightly controlled by the KGB; visitors were not allowed to move freely, and guides from the state travel agency Intourist were never permitted to go off-script.
From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2019
This article is dripping with condescension and demonstrates absolutely nothing has changed from soviet era Intourist indifference to guests.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2017
His Intourist guide told him not to go anywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2013
So the kitchen staff here at the Intourist Hotel will have a few steak dinners on us in the next few weeks.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2012
Met at the Moscow airport by Lev Abramov, the head of the chess section of the USSR, and by a guide from Intourist, Joan and Bobby were ushered to Moscow’s finest hotel, the National.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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