Travel & Tourism Sector Report

This report delves into the structure and key components of the travel and tourism sector. It highlights the importance of regulatory bodies such as ABTA and ATOL in safeguarding tourist interests and ensuring safe travel experiences. The report also emphasizes the critical role of transportation in facilitating travel and enabling the industry's operations and revenue generation. Furthermore, it provides a historical overview of tourism, tracing its evolution from nomadic travels to modern-day pilgrimage and business travel. The report touches upon the challenges and restrictions faced in the early stages of tourism development, contrasting them with the current landscape.

In the early age, cultural aspects, learning languages and travelling challenges restricted (Capacci, Scorcu and Vici, 2015). In 14 century
Christopher Columbus sailed westward and vasco da gama cruised to country for earn money then business travel has been integral part of
tourism industry(Cave and Brown 2012). Early tourism started with Nomads who
travelled around the world in search of food and shelter. Main intension of this traveller is to gathered food and traded around the world and
gave rise to the barter system (Capacci, Scorcu and Vici, 2015). 1500 BC is marked as the era when the Europeans visited pyramids and thus
developed the tourism for pilgrimage. Early tourism started with Nomads who travelled around the world in search of food and shelter. Main
intension of this traveller is to gathered food and traded around the world and gave rise to the barter system (Capacci, Scorcu and Vici, 2015).
1500 BC is marked as the era when the Europeans visited pyramids and thus developed the tourism for pilgrimage.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR
Transport: It is a key factor of the overall travel and
tourism segment which allows customers and
travellers to go from one place to another place.
Without the transportation it is not possible to operate
in the industry by a firm as well as generate sales and
revenue (Standing, Tang-Taye and Boyer, 2014). By
using the respective aspect, the management of travel
and tourism company able to provide services to the
customers.
facility of visit with the quality services.
Regulatory bodies: Regulatory bodies are those who work in the
favour of tourist. They formulate some rules and regulations for the
agencies who are engaged in this type of activities. The main
purpose behind their establishment is just to secure the rights and
interest of tourist which sometimes may get harm by the agencies.
There are mainly two major bodies which work in the favour of
travel and tourism sector which are ABTA and ATOL. It is a
compulsion for every tour operate to get authorised with these two
bodies for making their customers visit safe and healthy.
1.2 Structure of travel and tourism sector