THC 7 L2-L3

Tourism Distribution Channel

It is an operating structure, system, or linkage of various combinations of organizations through which a producer of travel products describes, sells, or confirms travel arrangements to the buyer.

Travel Agency

It is a middleman (intermediaries or brokers)—a business or person selling the travel industry's individual parts or a combination of the parts to the consumer.

Philippine Travel Agencies Association

PTAA

Robert Smart

first steamship agent.

Thomas Cook

first rail excursion agent;

was the first travel agent who introduced hotel coupons, circular notes, credit cards and advance reservation as part of its travel innovations

Thomas Bennet

he set up a business as a "trip organizer" and provided individual tourists with itineraries, carriages, provisions, and a "traveling kit.

Fiesta Tours and Travels

It has been giving the best value rates along with personalized service since May 18, 1982 in the Philippines

Immigration Agencies

The first German Travel agencies in the line of modern travel agencies were known as ________.

Leisure Travel Agents

usually found in the shopping centers of your local town or city and may be one of the following:

a. Multiples are generally agents that have at least 50 branches.

b. Miniples are agents that have between five and about 50 branches.

c. Independents are "one-off" agents with up to about five branches in or around one particular area.

Business Travel Agent

cater for the travel needs of industry and the business community

Outbound Travel Agency

One is traditional, multi-destination, based on the traveler's originating location

Inbound Travel Agency

the other is the destination focused; that is based in the destination and delivers an expertise on that location.

Consolidators

travel agencies that sell airline tickets at sizable discounts

Inbound Tourism

This refers to tourists of outside origin entering a particular country.

Outbound Tourism

This refers to tourists traveling from the country of their origin to another country

Tour Operators

• packages all or most of the components of an offered trip and then sells them to the traveler.

• an organization, firms or a person who is responsible for the actual arrangement of transport and accommodation facilities in any tour or vacations.

Inbound Tour Operators

known as incoming tour operators. Technically, the operators who receive guests, clients/tourists

Outbound Tour Operators

Tour operator who promotes tours for foreign destinations, maybe business tour or leisure tour

Domestic Tour Operator

those who assemble, combine tourist components into inclusive tours and sell it to the domestic travelers

Ground Operators

These are commonly known as handling agencies and their main function is to organize tour arrangements for incoming tourists on the behalf of overseas operators

Tourist Product

made up of all the goods and services purchased by the tourists in connection with the journey and tourist stay

Basic packet

comprises goods and services without which consumption would be incomplete a impossible, such as e.g. accommodation, transportation or meals,

Extended packet

comprises additional services and goods it reason finance activeness of the offer; a customer may or may not take advantage of the latter, usually not without financial consequences

Facultative packet

comprises supplementary elements which the tourist customer may select at an additional extra charge.

Tour Guide

Have been called the orphan of industry

It is an individual who is licensed by the local government and accredited by the c Department of Tourism to guide tourist, both foreign and domestic, for a fee, commission, or any other form of lawful remuneration. 

On-site Guide

include tour guides, docents, and personal or private guides.

Urban Guide

those who take pleasure in telling the story of a city or region

Driver Guide

will act as your driver and tour guide in one person.

Business or Industry Guides

Several corporations, large or small, hire guides to conduct tours of their facilities to educate visitors, promote their business or industry and uplift the image of their company.

Adventure Tour Guides

leads tourists to various outdoor activities such as skiing, rafting, backpacking, and climbing.

San Juanico Bridge

Longest bridge in PH

Atugan Bridge

Tallest Bridge

Nagtahan Bridge

Widest bridge

Pan-Philippines highway

Longest highway

Candaba Viaduct

Longest Viaduct

Common Wealth Avenue

Widest Highway

EDSA

Busiest highway

Subic Clack-Tarlac express way

Longest Expressways:

Halsema highway

Highest Altitude Highway

International Air Transport Association

global organization for virtually all international air carriers (IATA)

International Civil Aviation Organization

a UN specialized agency, is the global forum for civil aviation (ICAO)