Alliance Internationale de Tourisme
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Alliance Internationale de Tourisme is an international federation of motoring organisations created to "represent the interests of national automobile
associations and touring clubs". It was founded at the Casino Bourgeois
in Luxembourg City
on 4 August 1898 as the Ligue Internationale des Associations Touristes (LIAT) but changed its name to the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT) on 30 May 1919.
Membership of the Alliance is limited to motoring organisations, and not open to individuals. According to the AIT website, the organisation claims 140 members in 101 countries.
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
associations and touring clubs". It was founded at the Casino Bourgeois
Casino Luxembourg
The Casino Luxembourg is currently a forum for contemporary art which was adapted and renovated in 1995 to fit its new role of housing temporary exhibitions of Luxembourg art...
in Luxembourg City
Luxembourg (city)
The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg...
on 4 August 1898 as the Ligue Internationale des Associations Touristes (LIAT) but changed its name to the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT) on 30 May 1919.
Membership of the Alliance is limited to motoring organisations, and not open to individuals. According to the AIT website, the organisation claims 140 members in 101 countries.
Members
This is not a complete list of members. Some of the Alliance's members are:- AAAAmerican Automobile AssociationAAA , formerly known as the American Automobile Association, is a federation of 51 independently operated motor clubs throughout North America. AAA is a not-for-profit member service organization with more than 51 million members. AAA provides services to its members such as travel, automotive,...
(formerly American Automobile Association) - Automobile Association of Southern India
- Australian Automobile AssociationAustralian Automobile AssociationThe Australian Automobile Association was established in 1924; it supports and coordinates the activities of its constituent motoring clubs, and aims to represent the interests of Australian motorists both nationally and internationally....
- Automobile Association of Upper India
- Automovil Club ArgentinoAutomovil Club ArgentinoThe ACA is Argentina's largest automobile association.It was founded on June 11, 1904, by Dalmiro Varela Castex, who in 1892 had imported the country's first registered automobile, a Daimler, and in 1894 its second...
- Canadian Automobile AssociationCanadian Automobile AssociationThe Canadian Automobile Association , commonly known as CAA, is a non-profit federation, founded in 1913, of nine clubs across Canada, providing roadside assistance service, a complete range of auto touring and leisure travel services, insurance services, and member discounts with preferred...
- Cyprus Automobile AssociationCyprus Automobile AssociationThe Cyprus Automobile Association is a non-profit organization governed by an elected council. Founded in 1933, it has the aim of offering assistance to the private motorist, in Cyprus and abroad, and to promote the interests of car owners in general...
- Hong Kong Automobile Association
- Jamaican Automobile Association
- Korea Automobile Association
- New Zealand Automobile AssociationNew Zealand Automobile AssociationThe New Zealand Automobile Association is a mutual organisation and an incorporated society that provides vehicle breakdown assistance and related services to its members...
- Western India Automobile Association
- Real Automóvil Club de EspañaRACE (automobile association)The Real Automóvil Club de España , is the Spanish equivialent of the American Automobile Association in the United States of America or the Automobile Association in the United Kingdom....
- Royal Automobile Club Victoria
- Touring Club Schweiz TCS
- Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey (TTOK)
- Auto-moto savez Srbije AMSS