HND Hospitality - Tour Operations: Trends and Developments

This report delves into the intricacies of tour operations management, examining key aspects such as the impact of technology, the role of low-cost carriers, and the rise of responsible tourism. It explores the different types of tour operators, including inbound, domestic, UK outbound, and specialist operators, detailing their functions and contributions to the industry. The report also highlights current trends and developments, such as advancements in technology enabling online booking, and discusses the stages involved in creating holiday packages. Furthermore, it covers tour operation management including strategic and tactical decision-making processes. The content is aligned with the Higher National Diploma (HND) in Hospitality curriculum, focusing on the creation of holiday brochures and distribution methods. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the tour operations landscape, offering insights into its evolution and future directions.

They tourism company inform them by their sites and destinations with the
insight of a resident. This technology develop this sector because by this
technology many people attract towards this.
Low cost Carriers
Now these days many company are focus on the financial condition of the
consumer and provide the package according them. So this also develop the
tourism business.
Increased environmental awareness and Responsible tourism
It provide people safety and eco friendly tour pancake which are not harmful
both people and environment. They promote environment by providing wildlife
visit and water river reflecting etc. These kind of things attract peoples and it
develop the business of tourism sector.
Tour Operator
These are the person and agencies which controls, books and diverse the whole trip
of tor that is consumed by the consumer. The create the trips in the consumers
budget by combining all hotels, meals, restaurants, airport and all the activities
which are provided by a tour company. The tour operator makes a package of all
the activities which a consumer want and sell them to the consumers. There are four
type of tour operates, they are as follows:
Inbound Tour Operators
These are Australian based business that are work for the planning, product
selection, coordination, reservation and payment of travel arrangements on the
behalf of the consumers like travel agent, suppliers and retailers.
Domestic Tour Operators
The operator which made the arrangement for accommodations, transport and
entertainment are domestic tour operator. When the consumer want to spent his
holidays and vacations in the same city, it is domestic tourism.
UK Outbound Tour Operators
The company and tour agency provide all the facilities which a consumer want in
its package from one country to another country when the consumer want to spent
his vacation to another country.
Specialist Tour Operators
Those operator who advertise the products of the company like holidays and
itineraries in the market are specialist tour operators. These operators are experts in
making holiday package according consumer needs.
Current/Recent trends and developments
Advancements in technology: The recent advancement in this industry is that the
consumer can book their tour by online mode from home.
Tour Operation Management