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tourism trends and exploration and development of new tourism
destinations.

Suppliers in tourism:

The following types of supply in tourism sector depending upon

supplier includes:

1) Wholesale (Tour Operator).

2) Retail (Travel agent).

The wholesale and retail are two main modes of supply in tourism

sector, which are described as follows: 1) Wholesale (Tour

Operator): Here, the supplier supplies tourism products (Tour

packages and tour components) in large quantity at a particular

market/ place in a given time. The bulk selling is common practice

with comparatively less prices of tourism products.

2) Retail (Travel Agent): Here, the supplier supplies tourism

products (Tour packages and tour components) in small quantities

as per demand of the customers. The retailer works as middleman

and remains in contact of both, the wholesaler as well as customer.

Other modes of supply include following:

1) Direct selling- (Online sale by parent organization or through

wholesale and retail stores).

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