TICO Module 2 Questions And Answers

TICO Module 2 Questions And Answers Why is travel legislation needed? - ANSWER A number of common travel problems can result from the actions or arrangements that travel suppliers make. Travel agents - even if they do not cause the above problems - may have to deal with the fallout from them. An Act: - ANSWER describes a particular set of rules. A regulation: - ANSWER in support of an Act describes how the rules will be enforced or applied. Does TICO register individuals? - ANSWER No, TICO does not. What are travel agencies responsible for? - ANSWER the actions of their employees or outside sales representatives, and for ensuring that those individuals meet the educational requirements. This includes out-of-province employees or representatives who sell travel services and answer questions about travel services from customers who believe they are dealing with the Ontario-registered agency. The introduction of regularly scheduled jet airline service in the late 1950s: - ANSWER marked the start of today's tourism industry. What brought larger and faster planes in the 1960s? - ANSWER Technological developments Who were the first to realize the potential of "bulk buying" for the travel industry? - ANSWER the Europeans What happened by the early 1970s? - ANSWER Charters and packaged holidays were well established in Canada and modern mass tourism had begun. When did unregulated growth in the industry become a crisis? What happened? - ANSWER 1973 and 1974; companies collapsed, consumers were having issues receiving what they were promised, no records of booking, travel agents taking their money and disappearing, etc.