The document discusses key concepts in travel and tourism business. It defines travel business as an economic activity involving the buying and selling of travel services. Tourism is regarded as an experience industry because travel experiences are commodified and sold. Travel agencies are seen as image builders of a country because they package and promote a country's attractions, amenities and services to tourists. Tour operators organize package tours by combining individual travel components which they market and sell directly to customers. The main difference between tour operators and travel agencies is that tour operators sell package tours under their own price while travel agencies market tours through a retail network or directly to clients.
The document discusses key concepts in travel and tourism business. It defines travel business as an economic activity involving the buying and selling of travel services. Tourism is regarded as an experience industry because travel experiences are commodified and sold. Travel agencies are seen as image builders of a country because they package and promote a country's attractions, amenities and services to tourists. Tour operators organize package tours by combining individual travel components which they market and sell directly to customers. The main difference between tour operators and travel agencies is that tour operators sell package tours under their own price while travel agencies market tours through a retail network or directly to clients.
The document discusses key concepts in travel and tourism business. It defines travel business as an economic activity involving the buying and selling of travel services. Tourism is regarded as an experience industry because travel experiences are commodified and sold. Travel agencies are seen as image builders of a country because they package and promote a country's attractions, amenities and services to tourists. Tour operators organize package tours by combining individual travel components which they market and sell directly to customers. The main difference between tour operators and travel agencies is that tour operators sell package tours under their own price while travel agencies market tours through a retail network or directly to clients.
A. an economic activity, which is related with continuous and regular buying
and selling of travel related services B. an economic activity including commodification and globalization of culture, hospitality, friendship, pleasure, and place and its attractions C. an economic activity related to social issues 2:Why is tourism regarded as experience industry? A. because it is related to social issues B. because it motivates travelers to travel C. because travel experience is sold as a commodity 3:Why are travel agencies known as the image builder of a country? A. because they secure travel insurance, foreign currency for the traveling people B. because they have a good knowledge of the products and destinations offered by the tour operating and travel companies C. because they package and process all the attractions, accesses, amenities and ancillary services of a country and presents them to the tourists 4:What is a tour operator? A. An organization that organizes package tours, which are marketed to the customers through the network of a retail travel agency or directly to the prospective clients B. An organization which buys individual travel components, separately from their suppliers and combines them into a package tour, which is sold with their own price tag to the public directly C. An organization which packages and processes all the attractions, accesses, amenities and ancillary services of a country and presents them to the tourists. 5:What is the major difference between tour operators and travel agencies? A. the price of agent are usually higher B. the system of providing service to customers C. agents do not have as much subsidiaries as tour operators UNIT 2