Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Online Tour & Traditional Travel Agency

Nowadays, tourism has been an important aspect of area economy development for some years. With the development of internet, many companies, who manage online business grow up, so does Travel Corporation. Online Travel Corporation, like TopChinaTrip.com has been a trend. Facing this phenomenon, somebody said that Online Tour will take the place of traditional travel agency. Some people don’t agree. This hot topic has evoked paper coverage, but it has not reached a consensus.
After all, let us compare them in several aspects:

Relationship
Online travel is just a stretch of traditional travel agency. No matter traditional travel agency but online travel, they are all devoted to travel, so their purposes are all serving travelers.

Difference
★ Diaphaneity
The traditional China travel agency can make all arrangements for travelers. For travelers, they just accept those arrangements passively. However, online China tours offers more diaphaneity to people, and tourists can choose the one they prefer. In return, it promotes the competition and raises the service level.

★ Space
Online travel assembles most messages around so that tourists can search out any information necessary for them. Relatively, it saved the labor power and time. Tourists can book the China hotels or China flights directly on their own. It is cheaper and more convenient.

★The requirements of time
The traditional travel agency and online tour are both the products of the requirements of time. As we all know, internet has brought us an earth village. The fast living rhythm has enable us to deal with everything online, not alone travel.

★Obligation
Not every travel link can be finished online, such as living in the hotel, take the flight, sightseeing around the city. General speaking, Online travel are devoted to arrangements, but the assisting and dealing work should be left offline. The different obligation they beard, the different function they possessed.

★Conclusion
The distinct features of online tour meet the requirements of time and customers. It cannot replace the traditional travel agency, but it will promote the fast development of the traditional travel agency and lead it to be more perfect.

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