IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nwe/iisabg/y2019i4p67-73.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Tour Operator – Commission Agent or Intermediary?

Author

Listed:
  • Zahari Tormanov

    (University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria)

  • Zlatina Karadzhova

    (University "PROF. D-R ASEN ZLATAROV", Burgas, Bulgaria)

Abstract

Tour operator is an independent trader who organizes and carries out activities on tourist travel and subsistence and related services on the basis of contracts for tourist packages. The tour operator consolidates on a contractual basis services provided by other traders and offers them on the market in the form of tourist packages. In view of this economic scheme, the question arises as to the quality of the tour operator, whether as a commission agent or as an intermediary or in another quality. Finding an answer to this question is also the aim of our paper. The paper thoroughly examines the essence of travel agencies, their core functions and the additional features. It is argued that tour operators are not commission agents to the suppliers, nor are they intermediaries between them and the traveler/ tourist for the provision of the individual tourist services included in the package. We consider and argue in favor of the thesis that tour operators are the main party to the contract for organized tourist package and it is concluded on their behalf. Finally, we can say that the contract for tourist package is an individual type of contract to which the general contract rules may apply.

Suggested Citation

  • Zahari Tormanov & Zlatina Karadzhova, 2019. "The Tour Operator – Commission Agent or Intermediary?," Ikonomiceski i Sotsialni Alternativi, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 4, pages 67-73, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nwe:iisabg:y:2019:i:4:p:67-73
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.unwe.bg/uploads/Alternatives/07_ISA_4_2019.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    tour operator; tourist package; functions; commission agent; intermediary; contract;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nwe:iisabg:y:2019:i:4:p:67-73. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Vanya Lazarova (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/unweebg.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.