Intourist

Intourist
Native name
Интурист
Company typeOpen joint-stock company
IndustryTourism and hospitality
Founded1929; 95 years ago (1929)
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Area served
Russia
Key people
ParentNeşet Koçkar (50.1%)
Sistema (49.9%)
Intourist buses at the Palace Square, Leningrad, 1980

Intourist (Russian: Интурист, a contraction of иностранный турист, "foreign tourist" also Goskomturist (Russian: Госкомтурист)) was a Soviet then Russian tour operator, headquartered in Moscow. It was founded on April 12, 1929, and served as the primary travel agency for foreign tourists in the Soviet Union. The former GRU military spy Viktor Suvorov stated that Intourist was run by the KGB.[1] It was privatized in 1992[2] and, from 2011, was 50.1% owned by the British Thomas Cook Group until its collapse in September 2019. In November 2019,[3] Anex Tours acquired the stake from the British Official Receiver.

  1. ^ Harding, Luke (November 19, 2017). "The Hidden History of Trump's First Trip to Moscow: In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen". Politico. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
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