Tour Package Operation & Management

Paper Code: 
MTM 425
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  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 425

 

Tour Package Operation and Management

CO 177 To examine the concept of Tour operator and itinerary preparation.

CO 178  To analyze tour packages and their costing and markup process.

CO 179 To appraise product oriented and special interest tour packages like, yoga and a meditation tour packages.

CO 180  To understand Itinerary Preparation & Costing.

CO 181  To analyze Tour Operation Documentation and skill required to frame the same.

CO 182 Analyze the concept of tourism package operation & management.

 

 

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: 

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: 

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: 

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: 

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: 

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: 
2023-2024
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