Established in 1929

TRADITIONS,
QUALITY,
RELIABILITY...

Since VAO Intourist foundation in 1929, its logo – a symbolic wing over the globe – has proven to be a solid guarantee of reliability and high quality service.
Nowadays VAO Intourist is a multifunctional Company with a certain number of prime areas of activity.
Receiving foreign travelers as well as selling domestic and overseas tours to Russian customers, and providing transportation facilities – are the fields of paramount importance for the Company.

Despite  highly competitive surroundings, VAO Intourist retains leading positions at the Russian travel market.
As estimated, in 2001 Intourist accounts for over 25% of incoming tourist flow to Russia. Company’s annual turnover growth has reached 50% in 2001.
Since the very day of its foundation receiving foreign tourists was the utmost priority of VAO Intourist. Due to its expertise and technologies accumulated in decades of operation, VAO Intourist holds leading positions as a Company providing facilities to foreign tourists in Russia and CIS as well as a Russian tour operator abroad.

To further improve the service quality Intourist signs more than 6000 agreements annually with a wide range of enterprises – transportation companies, catering facilities, hotels, museums.
VAO Intourist is the only Russian Travel Company offering the widest possible range of travel related facilities to foreign clientele.

Intourist’s reliable and high quality performance alongside with flexible price policy enhances the market and facilitates further cooperation with new tour operators in the West. Joint efforts of highly professional Intourist’s staff, its 56-affiliate companies in Russia and 10 joint ventures abroad account for the successful operation of VAO Intourist.

Today VAO Intourist is a member of the world’s leading travel organizations, such as WTO, FUAAV/UFTAA, PATA, ICCA, ASTA, JATA, RATA and IATA.