Package holidays are also known as package tours. They include all the necessary things for a good holiday. Package holidays include transport to and from the destination and transfers between the airport or the station or the port and the hotel. They also provide tourists food and accommodation at the destination. If tourists need other services such as a guide or a holiday rep, package tours are available.

Tour operators are the professionals who bring all the elements together to create a holiday. They buy or reserve in advance from airlines, shipping lines, and hoteliers. As they buy hundreds of seats and rooms from these tourism partners, they pay a much lower price than an individual. The tour operator then turns this into individual packages known technically as inclusive tours (ITs). These are marketed to the consumers through travel agents or by other systems. Tour operators sell different types of holidays. The really big operators, the mass market operators, produce low-cost holidays to traditional sea, sun and sand destinations like Spain, Greece or Turkey. Other operators limit their product to customers who want a very specific type of holiday. These specialist operators sell adventure holidays, holidays for single people, holidays for motor-racing fans, and so on. Domestic operators specialize in tours for people who want to spend their holiday in their own country. Incoming tour operators are specialists in providing holiday packages to visitors coming from abroad.

Tour guides play an important role in tourism industry. They are the ones who welcome guests, guide them around, and in general, take care of the guests of a tour. They are responsible for

• meeting and greeting visitors,

• organizing their stay,

• answering their questions in detail,

• providing information at tourist sites,

• resolving visitor complaints and concerns,

• overall, making the guests comfortable and the tour a success.

Tour guides must

• have outgoing personalities- patient, energetic

• have good interpersonal skills-courteous, patient, caring, diplomatic,

• understand and manage different cultures,

• have problem solving skills,

• be fluent in different languages,

• be able to organize well,

• have information and knowledge about the tour destinations, and

• have strong communication and presentation skills.

at

The preposition at is used for time of clock, and short and precise time.

example: at 3 o’clock at noon, at present

in and since

in is used for months or years/ particular time of day or month or year/ century or specific time in past etc

example: in July, in 2013 in the afternoon, in summer in 19th century, in old ages

since is used for beginning of an activity and the duration of that activity

example: since 1978, for three years, for a long time, since the beginning of the tour

on

The preposition on is used for days, dates, and particular days.

on

The preposition on is used for surfaces.

in

The preposition is is used for places with boundaries.

at

The preposition at is used for specific places.

at

Arrive in is used with countries, states, and cities.

• What time did you arrive in Eskişehir?

Arrive at is used with activities, buildings and general locations.

• Everyone except Suna arrived at the meeting place on time.

• All tourists arrived at Atlıhan at the same time.

• The tour guide arrived at Eskişehir coach station earlier than the tourists.

in

Arrive in is used with countries, states, and cities.

• What time did you arrive in Eskişehir? 

behind

The preposition behind is the opposite of the preposition in front of, meaning at the far side of something so hidden by it.

between

The preposition between means in  the space separating two things.

I'm afraid.

It means "sorry".

Tour guide, introducing himself/herself and the tour:

• Good morning (afternoon, evening) ladies and gentlemen.

• My name is ........... I will be your tour guide today.

• I would like to welcome you to .............. tours and .............. (name of the place)

• We will be visiting ..........................

• Our tour will take about 30 minutes (length of the tour)

• Please do not hesitate to ask me any questions that come to your mind.

Explaining safety:

• Please keep your seatbelts fastened at all times. •

I ask that you keep your hands inside the train.

• As a safety precaution, please stand behind the yellow line.

• For your own safety, we ask that you refrain from putting your arms out the window.

• Please do not feed the animals.

• Please remain seated until we come to a full stop.

• Please stay with your group at all times.

• Please keep to the sidewalk.

• I do not recommend swimming here. The water is very rough.

• We suggest only carrying small amounts of cash.

• These rules are for your own comfort and safety.

agritourism

Agritourism is the tourism that takes visitors to agricultural areas for agricultural activities.

Bleisure travel is a recent term created to mean the combination of business and fun (the word is formed from business and pleasure/leisure).

Ecotourism is the tourism that takes visitors to natural and unspoiled destinations without disturbing the environment.