DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. (Tourism) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2017.
Third Semester
TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES
(Upto 2012-2013 Academic Year and Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — X 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Give meaning and types of tour operators.
2. What are the significance of strategic alliance?
3. Discuss the various types of risks faced by tour operators.
4. What is E-ticketing? Explain the uses of E-ticketing.
5. Describe the role of travel agents.
6. What are the functions of International Air
Transportation Association?
7. Short notes on
Tariff fluctuation
Cancellations
8. Explain the new roles in the contemporary environment.
Sub. Code
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DE-2862
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PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. What are the roles and services of tour operators?
10. Enumerate the customised and regularized packages.
11. Describe the various choice of travel circuits.
12. Enumerate the functions of Travel Agents Association of
India.
13. What are the special problems faced by the tour operators
in India?
14. Explain the merits and demerits of globalization.
15. Discuss in detail how a own facility utilization of tour
operation helps in the economy of tour operation.
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