Intourist
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- proper noun
- A short, sweaty man slides forward, pronounces my name, follows with a word I recognize, Intourist, then begins to hurry us away.
- Intourist hotel
- Intourist guide
Examples
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The Intourist travel agency organized all the tours for my trip, ensuring I didn't miss any key sights.
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Being curious, I also toured the country with Intourist agents.
Blog text (1) -
I have a book of coupons for meals good at any Intourist dining room in the country.
Fiction book (2002) -
Last summer, I dropped by the new Ritz-Carlton, sparkling and surreal, the site of the old Intourist hotel.
Academic text (2008) -
We missed Kiev, but had several days in Smolensk, idling in the Intourist hotel, waiting for the return express to Moscow.
Academic text (1993) -
I had been in this city before, back in the deadly seventies in the brutal hands of Intourist guides named Lyudmila, when I had been watched, turned away from scholars I had tried to call, and given official tickets to every boring cultural event to keep me off the streets, when nothing was permitted.
Fiction book (1999) -
Further questioning of the Intourist lady, who had actually visited Kaliningrad, disclosed that in May the weather wouldn't be scorching; consequently, I could keep the porthole of my cabin shut.
Fiction book (1995) -
When I arrived in Moscow, I went directly to the Intourist office to arrange my travel itinerary.
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My friends recommended staying at the Intourist in St. Petersburg for its excellent services and location.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Intourist is a Russian short form made from ino- ('foreign') and tourist, so the name literally meant the official agency for foreign visitors and explains why it organised travel for people from other countries.