Metropolitan Touring

What Metropolitan Touring does

Metropolitan Touring is a privately held Ecuadorian travel agency founded in 1953 and headquartered in Quito. The company sells adventure destination tour packages along with cruises, yachts, and hotel accommodations, positioning it as a vertically integrated destination management company serving inbound leisure travelers to Ecuador. Its product portfolio spans multi-day land tours, small-ship Galápagos cruises, private yacht charters, and curated hotel stays, suggesting it controls or contracts significant in-country tourism infrastructure including guides, vessels, and lodging inventory.

The company employs 501-1,000 people, placing it in the mid-sized operator tier for Latin American adventure tourism. Its business model appears to be B2C and B2B2C, with revenue generated through direct bookings, travel-agent distribution, and packaged tour sales to international visitors. No pricing models, customer segments, distribution channels, technology stack, or partnership details were disclosed in the available source data; the primary public-source block retrieved was a loading/verification page with no substantive information.

As a 70+ year incumbent, Metropolitan Touring likely benefits from accumulated destination expertise, established supplier relationships, and regulatory familiarity (e.g., Galápagos National Park permits), but no financials, funding history, ownership structure, management team, or recent strategic actions are documented in the inputs available for this analysis.

Name

Metropolitan Touring

Website

https://metropolitan-touring.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Metropolitan Touring is a Quito, Ecuador-based travel agency founded in 1953 that offers adventure tour packages, cruises, yachts, and hotel accommodations, primarily serving international leisure travelers visiting Ecuador.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adventure Travel Services

NAICS

Tour Operators (56152), Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water (48721), Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land (48711)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Small-Ship Expedition Cruises (Under ~500 Guests) (THAEADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cruise + Guided Land Tour Packages (THAEAHAJ), Inbound/Local Retail Travel Agencies (Destination Booking Offices) (THAKABAH), Luxury Expedition Cruise Specialists (Sales & Distribution) (THAEABAJ)

Keywords

• Adventure tour packages
• Destination travel cruises
• Luxury hotel bookings
• Yacht charter services
• Ecuador travel agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Quito

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Core offering

Metropolitan Touring is a Quito, Ecuador-based travel agency that sells adventure destination tour packages along with cruises, yachts, and hotel accommodations. The company curates and resells travel experiences for travelers visiting Ecuador and surrounding destinations.

Product overview

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adventure Destination Tour Packages
• Cruises
• Yacht Charters
• Hotel Accommodations

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Hurtigruten: Norwegian expedition cruise line with global itineraries including Galápagos sailings; broader expedition portfolio but competes for the same small-ship expedition cruise guests.
• Intrepid Travel: Global small-group adventure tour operator with active South America and Galápagos programs; larger scale and broader geographic reach but overlapping adventure-tour customer base.
• G Adventures: Worldwide adventure tour operator offering Ecuador and Galápagos small-group tours and cruises; competes for the same experiential-traveller segment at a much larger scale.
• National Geographic Expeditions: Premium expedition travel brand (operating through Lindblad) running signature Galápagos and Latin America trips, targeting the same high-end experiential traveller that Metropolitan Touring serves.

Direct peers

• Lindblad Expeditions: US-based small-ship expedition cruise operator with a long-standing Galápagos program in partnership with National Geographic, competing directly for premium adventure cruise guests in the same destination.
• Adventure Life: Latin America-focused adventure tour operator selling multi-country South America itineraries, including Galápagos cruises and Ecuador land tours — overlapping customer base and bundled travel products.
• Ecoventura: Ecuador-based luxury small-ship Galápagos cruise operator offering yacht-based expedition cruises and combined land/sea itineraries, directly comparable to Metropolitan Touring's flagship Galápagos product.
• Quasar Expeditions: Ecuador-headquartered boutique expedition cruise company operating small yachts in the Galápagos with multi-day itineraries and curated land extensions — a near-direct competitor in the same destination and product category.
• Surtrek: Quito-based inbound tour operator offering Ecuador and Galápagos itineraries combining cruises, lodges, and guided tours — directly comparable in product mix and target market.

Regional players

• Contiki: Global youth-oriented guided tour operator with South America programs including Ecuador; adjacent rather than direct overlap given different customer age segment, but competes for Latin America travel spend.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MetroTouring
• Facebookfacebook.com/MetropolitanTouring

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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