Tour and Operation Management: Tour Operator Types and Trends Report

This report provides an overview of different types of tour operators, including direct sell and domestic operators, and analyzes current trends in the travel and tourism industry. It discusses how direct sell operators market packages directly to the public, acting as mediators, while domestic operators focus on providing services within destinations. The report highlights the influence of current trends on the industry, emphasizing the importance of internet and technological advancements for discovering destinations and communicating with customers through websites and social media. It also underscores the significance of environmental awareness and its impact on business operations. The report suggests that companies should adopt new trends to meet customer demands and expectations. The content is relevant to the UK market, and the report aims to provide insights for companies like Trailfinders Ltd to make informed decisions about product and service development.

TOUR AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT
Travel and tourism industry has influenced by current trends in several ways as positive
and negative because this sector is growing fast as well as attracting more new customers
so many organizations are concentrating on developing their firm and adopting strategies
for creating people awareness regarding tour packages. There is wide scope of this
industry in the market of UK. So Trailfinders ltd is focusing on making decisions
regarding adoptions of new trends for the development of products and services. Here are
some latest trends which should be adopted by the company to meet with customers
demand and expectations. These are as follows: Internet and new technological
equipments:- It is essential for finding new destinations as organizations can use internet
source for discover attractive places for the visitors and also communicate them by
websites and social media. Many of tour operators adopt new technologies for creating
awareness among customers and attract them towards organizations (White, 2016).
Trailfinders firm also does same as b using internet source they provide all necessary
information or detail regarding their packages and facilities to the clients. Internet is very
useful to stay connect with people and make them aware about destinations as well as any
other tours. Organization can design the websites and publish the online ads for providing
information.
Environmental awareness:- It is must be required to screen environment effectively
because it directly affect on the business in negative way. In this includes various changes
that made by the governments regarding any historical places and any other destinations.
Direct sell operators: In this, organizer sell their package directly to the public by offering
great offers or scheme to them. They are the mediators because they buy holiday packages
from the company and sell that directly to the clients without any commission. Customers
can easily purchase those packages from brokers at lower or cheap prices. As Trailfinders
also designed the various holiday plans and sell them to the operators, so it is the duty of
tour operator to sale it into market and increase more customers so that company can
achieve competitive advantages.
Domestic operators: It is a traditional methods or techniques for selling the tour
packages in the market and these types of tour operators reside in the destinations while
providing the best services to its clients. It is helpful for organization in identifying new or
current market trends towards travel and tourism sectors.
CURRENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS TYPES OF TOUR OPERATORS