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TOUR OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT

Table of content
 Introduction
 1.1 Evaluate effects of current and recent trends and developments on the
tour operations industry
 2.1 Assess the stages and timescales involved in developing holidays
 2.2 Suitability of different methods of contracting for different
components of the holiday and different types of tour operator
 2.3 Calculation of the selling price of a holiday

INTRODUCTION
 Tour management is concerned with tourism industry which provides
several services to tourist such as, hospitality services, holiday plans or
packages, etc.
 This sector is beneficial in sustaining and developing nation. Many
tourists and travellers visits several destinations by investing in tour
agency.

STAGES AND TIMESCALES INVOLVED IN
DEVELOPING HOLIDAYS
 There are some stages and timescales which are considered by company in developing holidays are as follows:
 Market research
 Planning and scheduling
 Contracting
 Costing the holiday
 Financial evaluation and pricing
 Creating the brochure
 Advertising:
 Operation and execution
 Developing a tour market plan
 Post tour management

DIFFERENT METHODS OF CONTRACTING
 Thus, some methods of contracting adopt by company are as follows:
 Fixed contract:
 Allocation
 Ad-hoc contract:

CALCULATION OF THE SELLING PRICE OF
A HOLIDAY
Details Price(in £)
Accommodation cost 9000
Transportation cost 11200
Charges of tour guide 945
Total cost 21145
Add: Profit margin @ 33% 6977.8
Sale price 28122.5

CONCLUSION
 In this report, it is analyzed that tour operation industry is a vast sector
which includes several aspects related with traveling and tours.
 It is important for these companies to implement better tools and tactics to
sustain their business.

REFERENCES
 Gibson, P., 2012. Cruise operations management: Hospitality
perspectives. Routledge.
 Newsome, D., Moore, S. A. and Dowling, R. K., 2012. Natural area
tourism: Ecology, impacts and management (Vol. 58). Channel view
publications.

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