Franz Julius Adriane Damayo

BSHM 3A
Lesson 9: Reflection

The goal of this lesson, which is part of the tour operators and agencies theme, is to identify tour operators, know the
various styles of tour operators, and know the importance of tour operators.Knowing that a tour is a tourist trip or
excursion in which multiple destinations are explored, and that tour operators are an agency, business, or corporation
that purchases individual travel components from vendors and blends them into a group tour, which is distributed to the
public directly or through middlemen with their own price tag. On the other side, tourism goods manufacturers.They can
either provide these services directly (some have their own vehicles, coaches, hotels, and other travel-related services)
or purchase them from third-party suppliers.

Tour operators are sometimes referred to as wholesalers, but this is only partially correct because a wholesaler acquires
products and services in bulk on his own behalf in order to construct a tour package, which he then sells to clients either
through travel agencies or directly.The four types of tour operators include inbound tour operators, outbound tour
operators, domestic tour operators, and ground operators. Land arrangements, contracting and negotiating with other
providers, handling arrival and departure processes, organizing and arranging local package tours, accompanying guests,
and providing business information are all responsibilities that ground tour operators perform.Some of the most
essential responsibilities of tour operators include planning a visit, developing tour packages, arranging a tour, flight
information, reservation, travel management, assessing the alternatives available, promotions, sales and marketing, and
troubleshooting.

I also learned that a tour operator differs from a travel agent in that a tour operator purchases separate travel
components from suppliers and combines them into a package tour that is offered directly or through middlemen to the
general public, and so on.A travel agent, on the other hand, is knowledgeable about tourist destinations, means of
transportation, the environment, housing, and other areas of the service business. He works on behalf of commodities
providers/principals in exchange for a fee. Package tours may be sold or run by mass travel brokers, or they may
specialize in creating to meet specific needs.Although they are frequently referred to as tour guides, they are not the
same as tour operators.