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What does a tour operator do?
What does a tour operator do?
- Buy individual travel components and combine them into a package tour (correct)
- Market and make reservations for a tour
- Operate the tour
- Obtain services from other suppliers
What responsibility do tour operators have?
What responsibility do tour operators have?
- Put the tour ingredients together
- Market the tour
- Make reservations
- Handle the operation of the tour (correct)
How are tour operators known?
How are tour operators known?
- Manufacturers of tourism products (correct)
- Suppliers of travel-related services
- Organisers of package tours
- Buyers of individual travel components
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A tour operator is an organisation, 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 intermediary.
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Tour operators have the responsibility of putting the tour ingredients together, marketing it, making reservations and handling actual operation of the tour.
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Tour operators can provide these services themselves as some have their own cars and coaches, hotels, and other travel-related services or can obtain these from the other suppliers.
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Tour operators are known as manufacturers of tourism products because they are responsible for putting together a package tour which is then sold to the public.
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