Develops, markets and operates group travel programs that provide a complete travel experience for one price and includes transportation (airline, rail, motorcoach, and/or ship), accommodations, sightseeing, selected meals and an escort. Tour operators market directly to the consumer, through travel agents and are beginning to be listed on computerized reservation systems.
Within the travel industry, tour operator is used interchangeably with tour wholesaler as a company that creates and/or markets inclusive tours and/or provides services or supplies for packages sold by the travel agents.
A company that creates and/or markets inclusive tours and/or performs tour services.
a call away to arrange your tours and sightseeing trips for your convenience
a person, who helps in providing information related to travel
a travel agent for an individual or group of
An organization or individual who actively manages and escorts tours and tour packages to FIT and group visitors.
A company that contracts with hotels, transportation companies, and other suppliers to create a tour package and then sells that package directly to the consumer.
A tour operator is a business that designs, develops, markets and operates packaged travel and tourism products and tours. Tour operators sell through travel agents and/or directly to consumers.
A company that arranges and organizes travel packages.
refers to entities engaged in the business of extending/selling travel services (e.g., arrangements and bookings for transportation and/or accommodation; handling and/or conduct of inbound tours) to individuals or groups for a fee, commission, or any form of compensation. Reference: DOT Rules and Regulations to Govern the Accreditation of Travel and Tour Services, 1992; Tourism Satellite Account: Methodological Reference, 2000 (WTO) paragraph 3.46, page 41; and International Tourism: Global Perspective (WTO) 1st edition: October 1997, page 389
A company that creates a package tour and/or performs tour services. Most tour operators sell both through travel agents and directly to clients.
A tour operator typically combines components to create a holiday. The most common example of a tour operator's product would be a flight on a charter airline plus a transfer from the airport to a hotel and the services of a local representative, all for one price. Niche tour operators may specialise in destinations e.g.
