单词 | intourist |
释义 | Intouristn. A travel agency operating in Russia and (historical) many Soviet republics.Formerly the State Travel Bureau of the U.S.S.R., responsible for foreign tourism; privatized in 1992. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > plan or scheme of travel > travel agency > specific Syndicat d'Initiative1911 Intourist1932 1932 Intourist's Pocket Guide to Soviet Union 581 The State Joint-Stock Company for Foreign Tourists—Intourist—was established in 1929 jointly by the People's Commissariat for Foreign and Domestic Trade, the People's Commissariat for Ways and Communications and the Soviet Mercantile Fleet. 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood iii. ii. 251 I suppose they were packing off most of the Intourist people. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches i. iii. 35 I walked into the local branch of Intourist and informed the seedy little Armenian clerk behind the counter that I wished to book a passage across the Caspian to central Asia. 1958 J. Gunther Inside Russia Today i. 29 You go to any travel agency that has an arrangement with Intourist, the official Russian agency..and apply for a tourist visa. 1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies xix. 95 The failed ballerinas seconded to Intourist as easy lays for Western salesmen. 2003 L. E. Hudman & R. H. Jackson Geogr. Trav. & Tourism (ed. 4) x. 309/1 All tourism in the Soviet era was a state monopoly run by the government agency, Intourist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1932 |
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