Tour operators combine various tourism products and services into package holidays. They work with accommodation, transportation, and attraction providers to offer packages at negotiated lower prices due to guaranteed business volumes. The tour operator industry is influenced by external political, economic, and environmental factors. Current trends in travel have also impacted tour operators. The document defines different types of tour operators and provides examples of leading operators.

1. Tour Operations Management-1
By Shadab B Mukaddam (Aviation Specialist Canada)

2. 1.1 Effect of current and recent trends and development
on the tour operators industry.

3. What we will cover?
1.Introduction & few definitions
2.Tour Operators
3.External influences to tour
operators
4.Current trends & developments

4. DEFINATIONS
Tour Operator:-
Typically combines tour and travel components to create a
Holiday.
The most common example of tour operators product would
be a flight on a charter airline plus a transfer from the airport
to a hotel and the services of a local representative, all for one
price.

5. DEFINATIONS
Package Holiday:-
Consists of transport and accommodation advertised
and sold together by a company known as a tour
operator.
Package Holiday=
1.Transportation & Accommodation
2.Accomodation & Transfers
3.Transport & Transfers

6. Tour Operator Position in the tourism system.

7. How does Leading Tour Operators work?
Hand on Hands – Multiple People, Suppliers work together.

8. Categories of Tour Operators.
1.Outbound – A Tour Operator that offers holidays abroad.
2.Inbound – A Tour Operator that service the needs of
overseas visitors to Qatar.
3.Domestic – A Destination Management Company that
develops and sells holidays in Qatar….like Desert Safari.,
4.Mass market – A Tour Operator that sells millions of
holidays every year….like Qatar Airways Holidays,Kanoo
Travel, Thomas Cook & Cooks & Kings.,
5.Specialist – A holiday company that specialises in a
particular type of holiday or destination.

9. World Travel Awards 2017

10. External Influences and Challenges to Tour Operators.

11. Political/Economic/Environmental.

12. Current Travel Trends & Development.

13. Summary.
1.Generelly the tour operators combines holidays and
various tourism products and services and sells them as
packages in accordance to the customer
profile,preference,budgets and needs.
2.The tour operators makes an agreements with
accommodation providers, transport and local attractions
providers and because of the volume of the guaranteed
business, the tour operator can negotiate lower prices.