A tour operator is responsible for arranging all aspects of a tour such as transportation, accommodation, meals, guides, and optional activities. They contract with various service providers and package the components together. Tour operators focus on select destinations and provide convenient travel options for tourists. A travel agent sells tour packages to clients and acts as an intermediary between tour operators and customers, helping clients book packages that meet their needs and budgets.

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2. A tour operator is the person responsible for
actual arrangements of transport and
accommodation facilities in any tour or vacations
 Responsible for operating and providing vacation
through the contracting, booking and packaging
together of the various components of tour such
as hotel, transportation, meals, guides, optional
tours and sometimes flight.
 Many tour operators are considered land only
operators and focus on the aspects of your
package once you have arrived in your
destination.
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3. A tour operator (for instance) could be
someone who leads a group around on a bus
or through a museum... with a detailed
knowledge of the subject matter of the area
 Tour operators focus on a select
concentration of destinations.
 A tour operator is like a service
provider, providing the most convenient
option for tourists to stay, visit, as well as
leave from the city. A tour operator owns a
high volume of travel services across
carriers, services and accommodation
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4.  Planning
a tour
 Arranging a tour
 Advice on sightseeing
 Travel management
 Evaluate the options available
 Promotion
 Sales and marketing
 Taking care of a glitch

5. A
travel agent sells attractive tour packages
to people interested in vacations
 Travel
agents are middlemen between
tour operators and prospective clients.

6. Travel agent to have them book a cruise or flights and
hotel and maybe activities to a destination.
 Travel agents hold the role of selling and administering
packages from various tour operators to their personal
clients based on what they’re looking for and what
package suits each client best.
 Travel agents can specialize in a range of destinations .
 Travel agents will work directly with the tour operator.
 A travel agency essentially provides three main services:
transportation, lodging & package trips/cruises.
 Transportation provided by travel agencies.
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7.  Provision
of Travel Information
 Preparation of Itineraries
 Liaison with provider of services
 Planning and Costing Tours
 Ticketing
 Provision of Foreign Currency
 Insurance

8. A travel agent has many vacation packages under
his belt, and he suggests or recommends tour
plans to their clients based upon their budgets
and other requirements.
 With a tour operator taking up the bulk of the
responsibilities, his fee is obviously much greater
than that of a travel agent.
 With the advent of the internet, more tour
operators have obliterated the need of travel
agents and are directly providing their services
to their clients.
 A tour operator has the responsibility to look
after the finer details of a vacation or tour such
as hotel, accommodation, meals, conveyance
etc.
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9.  Tour
operators are like wholesalers, and
travel agents are the retailers.
 A tour operator makes the package holidays
up and the travel agents sells them on.