Travel Agency and Tour Operator Flashcards
(19 cards)
A business that provides services related to travel, including ticket booking and tour packages.
Travel Agency
are known as the ‘image builder of a country’.
Travel Agency
Generator of Tourism
Travel Agency
Commission Agent
Travel Agency
operates like a traditional travel agency but uses the internet as its main source of operation to sell travel products and services.
Online Travel Agencies (OTA)
act as the direct contact of a traveler seeking assistance and planning to visit a certain destination.
Travel Agency
Organizes package tours and purchases other tourism services such as transport and accommodation in advance, usually at a lower price because he/she is buying it in bulk.
Tour Operator
are wholesalers of tourist products who produce tour packages that include complete itineraries from transportation to entertainment.
Tour Operators
An organization, firm, or company that buys travel components individually and combines them into a package tour.
Tour Operator
Manufacturers of tourism products and services responsible for delivering and performing all the products and services included in the packaged tour.
Tour Operators
axis of tourism
Travel Agency
Acts like an independent reseller and receives commissions for the sale of the tour operator’s package tour
Travel Agency
Purchases travel components from different suppliers, forms a single tourist product, and sells them using its own pricing
Tour Operator
Small to medium enterprise
Travel Agency
Usually large companies
Tour operators
Acts as the supplier or manufacturer
Tour operators
Acts as the distributor/reseller of the tourism product
Travel Agency
Deals with one component of travel produts
Travel Agency
Offers a variety of tour programs
Tour operators
