A tour operator is a business that combines and organizes accommodations, meals, sightseeing, and transportation components to create a package tour. They advertise and produce brochures to promote their products, holidays, and itineraries. Tour operators can sell directly to the public or sell through travel agents or a combination of both. The most common example of a tour operators product would be a flight on a charter airline, plus a transfer from the airport to a hotel and the services of a local representative, all for one price. Each tour operator may specialize in certain destinations, activities, and experiences, or a combination thereof. Tour operators create a package holiday by combining all elements such as hotel, airport transfers, activities, restaurants, tours, and such like. They control, book, and devise the whole trip. A tour may not include all of these elements, the list is purely an example. The difference between a tour operator and a travel agent is that a tour operator makes the package and can sell directly to the consumer, while a travel agent sells the packages created to the consumer. In essence, the different roles do what they say on the label- A tour operator – operates the tour, and a travel agent – is purely an agent for holidays selling tours that are provided. Tour operators are an important part of the tourism industry, and they make the logistics of organizing a holiday much easier for the consumer.