TOUR OPERATOR IN THE UK

Tour Operator in the UK



Tour Operator in the UK

Introduction

Tourism product is formed from the services of the companies involved in the care of people on holiday and travelling. Organizations involved in the preparation and sale of tours as well as the preparation and conduct tours, called tourist-excursion organizations. Currently, the tourist market is two types of tourism firms: tour operators and travel agents (Dieke, 2009). In this paper we are going to evaluate two tour operators and its categories of tour operator; outgoing tour operators and incoming tour operators with specific examples.

Discussion

Tour operator is an organization engaged in a tour and the formation of a range of services for tourists. Tour operator develop tourist routes, fills their services by working with service providers, operates tours and services, prepares promotional information publications on their tours, expects prices for tours, transfers tours tour agent for subsequent sale to tourists. Tour Operator usually is considered as the company that offers products or services articles, usually hired by him, and comprised more than one of the following items: transportation, accommodation, transfers, excursions, etc. Tour Operator can be if you work exclusively with Travel Agents or Wholesaler / Retailer should expand its offering to the public in general. Tour and travel components usually create a tour operator. The most common example of product of tour operator is a flight on charter airline, services of the local representative, and transfer fro m the airport to hotel, all in one price (Bywater, 2002). In UK the main tour operating associations are Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO) and the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA). Tour operator" defines the direction of company. Tour operator (in some countries it is called turorganizato-set) produces differentiated tourism products of the components of services in accordance with the needs and wishes of customers.

Travel Agent takes a tour operator tours and sells them to the consumer. Agent adds to gaining tour tourists travel from their place of residence to the first route point placement, the last point on the route location and back. Usually the tour operator is a larger company than the tour agent, tour operator having head office and branches - agency network. Many of the large tour operators have agency networks throughout the world. At the same time, regardless of their own network of agents, tour operator agency agreements concluded with independent travel agents to sell their tours. The more travel agents tour operator partners than in more countries and regions they are, the greater sales volume and consequently more tourists, higher income, more successful business (Cooper, 2008). Travel agents and tour operators can take a variety of forms of ownership. They can be private, public, joint-stock companies - the essence of entrepreneurship and market functions of this does not change. The main objective of the market as a travel agent and tour operator are gaining foothold in the tourist market and obtain sustainable profit. Need to find a niche, a segment of consumers ...