Tour Package Operation & Management

Paper Code: 
MTM 424
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to –

  1. This paper gives an insight in to the tour operations like itinerary preparation, costing, tour packaging, tour escorting, travel agency operations & documentation.

 

Course Outcomes:

Course

Course outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

MTM 424

 

Tour Package Operation and Management

CO 126Define a Tour operator and scope of tour operator business.  

 

CO 127To know how to Design Package for FIT, GIT and FAM tour & to know Various types of tour packages and their design.

 

CO 128To learn how to Design a special interest tour like MICE tour, yoga and a   meditation tour.

CO 129Design an Itinerary  and its costing for various types of tours , prepare documents

 

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks Field practical

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
 

 

10.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Tour Operator: Definition, & concept of tour operation, Scope in a tour operation business. Concept of FIT & GIT. Linkages of tour operation business with principal suppliers and other agencies

Itinerary preparation: Domestic and International ( Concept), Do's and don't of itinerary preparation, Limitation and constraints.

14.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Tour Packaging: Definition of tour package, Types of package tours, Components of a package tour, Selling package tours: Merits, demerits of package tour to the supplier and buyer, Special requirements for out bound packages Costing, Quotation, Commission, mark up, services charges and other remuneration for tour operation., Incentives and concessions applicable to tour operators in India.

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

Product Oriented package tours: Nature cure, health tourism, yoga and meditation, Beach holidays, pilgrimage tours.

Special Interest Tours: Tailor made tour packages, Advantages and limitations, Yoga & meditation tours, botanical tours, mice tour, wildlife & ethnic tours and architectural tour.

 

11.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Itinerary Preparation & Costing – Domestic( itineraries for Wildlife tourism, Cultural Tourism ,Desert Tourism , Rural tourism ), International –  Itineraries for Europe and Far East  

13.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Tour Operation Documentation: Passport, Visa .Voucher - Hotel and Airline and exchange order, Pax docket, status chart, rooming list, AGT statements, Tour Escort File . Designing a brochure and presentation skills.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Travel Agency & Tour Operations: Concepts &Principles-J.M.S Negi
  • Travel Agency Management-Mohinder Chand

 

References: 
  • The   business   of   travel   Agency   Operation   &Administration-D.L Foster
  • The Business of tourism-Roy. A. Cook vi.    Travel Agency Management -Gwenda Swarat

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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