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    The document defines a tour operator as an organization that buys individual travel components and packages them together for sale to customers. It outlines the main types of tour operators: inbound, outbound, domestic, and ground operators. The roles of a tour operator are described as planning tours, making tour packages, arranging travel details, providing travel information, and managing tours from start to finish. Qualities of a good tour operator include honesty, good public relations, planning and marketing skills, destination knowledge, approachability, accountability, and trustworthiness.

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    The document defines a tour operator as an organization that buys individual travel components and packages them together for sale to customers. It outlines the main types of tour operators: inbound, outbound, domestic, and ground operators. The roles of a tour operator are described as planning tours, making tour packages, arranging travel details, providing travel information, and managing tours from start to finish. Qualities of a good tour operator include honesty, good public relations, planning and marketing skills, destination knowledge, approachability, accountability, and trustworthiness.

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    The document defines a tour operator as an organization that buys individual travel components and packages them together for sale to customers. It outlines the main types of tour operators: inbound, outbound, domestic, and ground operators. The roles of a tour operator are described as planning tours, making tour packages, arranging travel details, providing travel information, and managing tours from start to finish. Qualities of a good tour operator include honesty, good public relations, planning and marketing skills, destination knowledge, approachability, accountability, and trustworthiness.

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    The document defines a tour operator as an organization that buys individual travel components and packages them together for sale to customers. It outlines the main types of tour operators: inbound, outbound, domestic, and ground operators. The roles of a tour operator are described as planning tours, making tour packages, arranging travel details, providing travel information, and managing tours from start to finish. Qualities of a good tour operator include honesty, good public relations, planning and marketing skills, destination knowledge, approachability, accountability, and trustworthiness.

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    TOUR OPERATOR

    Christopher I. Okeke
    SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
    By the end of the lesson, students should be able to;
    i. Define tour operator
    ii. Explain the types of tour operator
    iii. Explain the roles of tour operator
    iv. Explain the qualities of a good tour operator
    DEFINITION OF TOUR OPERATOR
    • Tour operator is an organization, firm, or company who 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 or through middlemen.
    • More precisely, tour operators are primarily responsible for delivering
    and performing the services specified in a given package tour
    • That is why they are called manufacturers of tourism products.
    TYPES OF TOUR OPERATORS
    TYPES OF TOUR OPERATORS

    • Inbound Tour Operators


    These are also known as incoming tour operators. Technically, the operators
    who receive guests, clients/tourists, and handle arrangements in the host
    country are called inbound tour operators.
    • Outbound Tour Operators
    Tour operator who promote tours for foreign destinations, maybe business
    tour or leisure tour is called outbound tour operators. For example, a group
    of American tourists going on a trip to India and Thomas Cook handles
    arrangement in America as ticket reservation, hotel booking etc. then
    Thomas Cook is called Outbound Tour operators in the context of America.
    TYPES OF TOUR OPERATORS contd.

    • Domestic Tour Operators


    Domestic tour operators are those who assemble, combine tourist
    components into inclusive tours and sell it to the domestic travelers. In
    general, these tour operators provide travel services within the tourist’s
    native country. The domestic tour operators operate within the
    boundary of the home country and offer package tour to the travelers.
    • Ground Operators/Destination Management Companies
    These are commonly known as handling agencies and their main
    function is to organize tour arrangements for incoming tourists on
    behalf of overseas operators.
    ROLES OF TOUR OPERATORS
    • Planning a Tour : Tour operators plan a tour and make tour itinerary which
    contains the identification of the origin, destination and all the stopping
    point in a traveler’s tours.
    • Making Tour Package: Tour operator buys individual travel components,
    separately from their suppliers and combines them into a package tour.
    • Arranging a Tour: Tour operators make tour package and also arrange a
    tour according to tourist demands.
    • Travel Information: Whatever the size of tour operators, it has provided
    necessary travel information to the tourists
    • Travel Management: Tour operators manage tour from beginning to the
    end of the tour. A tour operator has the responsibility to look after the
    finer details of a vacation or tour such as hotel, accommodation, meals,
    conveyance etc
    QUALITIES OF A GOOD TOUR
    OPERATOR
    • Honesty
    • Good public relation
    • Good planning skill
    • Good marketing skill
    • Good knowledge of tour destinations
    • Approachability
    • Accountability
    • Trustworthy

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