Intourist
Native name | Интурист |
|---|---|
| Company type | Open joint-stock company |
| Industry | Tourism and hospitality |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Area served | Russia |
Key people | |
| Parent | Neşet Koçkar (50.1%) Sistema (49.9%) |
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. It was privatized in 1992 and, from 2011, was 50.1% owned by the British Thomas Cook Group until its collapse in September 2019. In November 2019, Anex Tours acquired the stake from the British Official Receiver.