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create a package. Most tour operators sell through travel
agents and/or directly to clients.

tour option: any component of a package tour that is not

included in the package price, but may be purchased as an
added feature to extend the length of the package or
enhance the trip.

tour order: a coupon given to the purchaser of a tour
package, identifying the tour, the seller, and the fact that

the tour is pre-paid. It is used as a form of proof of payment
and receives vouchers for meals, porterage, transfers,
entrance fees, and other expenses. Also see tour vouchers.

tour organizer: person who locates and creates groups for
preformed tours. The tour organizer is often compensated
only with a free trip

tour vouchers: documents issued by tour operators to be

exchanged for tour components, also called coupons

tour: any pre-arranged journey to one or more
destinations

tourism: the all-embracing term for the movement of
people to destinations away from their place of residence

for any reason other than following an occupation,
remunerated from within the country visited, for a period
of 24 hours or more

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