Tour Planning

Tour planning is may be defined as the process of enticipating the change with in our specific dynamic system and regulating these changes so that in order to have an orderly development. Generally Planning is an orderly sequence of operation or process and the major objective is to optimise the benefits. Planning is an general term signifying a proposed method of action or procedure to achieve predetermine goal or a objective. There are certain factors which are to be taken into consideration in the planning. Post of all there must be an objective, secondly there must be a programme leading to the and lastly there must be measurement of progress. So the key factor of planning are objective programme and measurement.

Need of Tour Planning 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Accommodation, Transportaion, Resort development Better development of tourism products Upgradation of the destination Sustainability Integration and development of Man Power(HRM) Efficient Organisation

Importance of Planning Tourism Tourism not only generate various benefits like, forex earning, employment, development of back word areas, develop international relationship etc but tourism can also generate various problem such as loss of potential economic benefits, local economic distotortion, environmental loss, loss of cultural identity etc. thats why there is a neccessity of proper planning for tourism development in the particular region.

The complete time scale for a tour operating programme may be divided into 5 phases 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Research and Planning Negotiations Administrative Marketing Departure

Time scale(1st,2nd,3rd year)

1. Research and Planning ( 1st year ) Study the economic factors influencing the future development of package tours Selection of destination Comparison of destination Capacity of tour, duration, and dates 2. Negotiation ( 2nd year ) Intial negotiation with printer including dates printing voucher Airlines for chartered flight With hotels, transport services Contact with hotels, airlines, transport 3. Administrative ( 2nd year ) Determine exchange rate Estimate selling price based on inflation Legal proofs Training for reservation staffs Final tour pricing Reservation system 4. Marketing ( 2nd year ) Brochures on market destination Sales promotion Public media advertising 5. Departure ( 3rd year ) Peak advertising and promotion to trade Recruitment and training of resort representative Final tour operation

Pre Tour Preparations

Set objective in advance and make sure they are effectively realized. For efficiency preparation in advanace is important. The work begins long before when we meet the people and will have to escort. The better preparation, the more smoothly tour will run. All facts are available for researches, studies. We must knowledge the tour. Main tour preparation are: 1. Conforming reservations 2. Writing out reports 3. Evaluating services

Conclusion
All the preparation should be done in advance and forecast all the activity which may occur in tour. Most important is satisfaction of the tourist from the services.