The document discusses several publications that provide information relevant for the travel industry: OAG (Official Airlines Guide), PAT (Passenger Air Tariff), and TIM (Travel Information Manual). OAG publishes monthly and provides up-to-date flight schedules for 95% of worldwide flights. PAT publishes quarterly and provides up-to-date airfares for 90-95% of worldwide flights. TIM publishes monthly and provides country information and data from airlines and WHO for 95% of the world's countries. These publications are reliable sources of travel information despite not always reflecting the most recent changes, as they receive data directly from airlines.

1. Essentials for success of a
‘Tourist Destination’
So-called ‘5A’s”
• Accessibility
• Accommodation
• Amenities
• Activities
• Attractions

2. OAG
(Official Airlines’ Guide)
• Published by OAG Worldwide.
• Published on a monthly basis.
• Published in the United Kingdom.
• Almost 95 % of the world-wide latest flight-
schedules are printed in it.
• Latest changes may not be incorporated in it.
• However, this is a very reliable publication.
(Reason : Data is given by individual airlines.)

3. PAT
(Passenger Air Tariff)
• Published by ‘Passenger Air Tariff’.
• Published quarterly.
• Published in the Netherlands (Holland).
• Almost 90 to 95 % of the world-wide latest air-
fares are printed in it.
• Latest changes may not be incorporated in it.
• However, this is a very reliable publication.
(Reason : Data is given by individual airlines and
compiled by almost 110 major international
airlines.)

4. OAG
(Official Airlines’ Guide)
&
PAT
(Passenger Air Tariff)
• From which city ? : Head-Line City
• To which city ? : Side-Line City
• Example : From : Delhi (Head-Line City)
To : Paris (Side-Line City)

5. TIM
(Travel Information Manual)
• Published by IATA*, Netherlands, jointly with world’s 14
most important international airlines.
(* International Air Transport Association.)
• Published on a monthly basis.
• Published in the Netherlands (Holland).
• Information about almost 95 % of the world’s countries is
printed in it.
• Latest changes may not be incorporated in it.
• However, this is a very reliable publication. (Reason :
Data is given by individual governments / airlines and the
WHO*.)
(* World Health Organisation)

6. OAG
(Official Airline’s Guide)
• All schedules are printed on an ‘ascending
departure time’ basis.
• ‘Non-Stop’ and/or ‘Direct’ flights – if available -
are shown first.
• This is followed by so-called ‘Transfer
Connections’. (i.e. via one or more intermediate
connecting points.)
• If non-stop or direct flights are not available,
‘transfer connections’ only are shown.
• Data given by airlines are only shown in it.
Therefore, this is a very reliable time-table.

7. OAG
(Official Airlines Guide)
City-to-City Schedules :
Example :
From : Delhi (India) (DEL)
+05.30
To : Bangkok (Thailand) (BKK)