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Intourist

American  
[in-toor-ist] / ˈɪn tʊər ɪst /

noun

  1. a Russian agency that handles travel arrangements for foreign visitors to the former Soviet Union.


Etymology

Origin of Intourist

< Russian Inturíst (acronym from inostránnyĭ turíst foreign tourist)

Example Sentences

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I was at the Intourist hotel in Bukara when I realized I had lost the key to my luggage.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2022

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

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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