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Investigating the travel and tourism sector M1 (unit 1)

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Unit 1 - Investigating the Travel and Tourism Sector M1 - explain the roles of different organisations within the travel and tourism component industries and how they interrelate

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Fact sheets on the national trust and Thomson and
their roles within the travel and tourism industry.

National trust
Making a proft

National trust have a role to meet key organisational aims, as they are part of
the public sector they are a not for proft organisation however in order to carry
on being successful they are required to make a proft in order to help them to
survive. The main way they make a proft is through government funding; the
government help the national trust because their main objective is to preserve
British heritage and historical sites and the government agrees with this idea as
this is useful for our economy. Another way in which they make a proft is
through memberships, national trust have an option where anyone can buy a
monthly or yearly membership and have free access to any sites which national
trust own or work with such as Cotswold outdoor, in fact the national trust has
over 3.6 million members. Finally as national trust is a charity people who are
inspired by their work or want to help donate to them and these can range from
£1 to even £10,000 which help national trust in making a proft.

Maximising sales and revenue

The national trust sponsors fundraising events such as running, cycling,
swimming, surfng, kayaking or clif climbing which can be done by the National
Trust giving page and this is a way National trust maximises their sales,
furthermore for customers who aren’t members they will be required to purchase
tickets when entering a national trust site and this increases sales massively as
many tourists have an interest in history and enjoy exploring ancient castles etc.
The national trust work with a number of companies such as the national lottery
which also helps to fund the organisation, another company they work with is
visit Britain as this helps them to become well known due to visit Britain being a
popular website for both inbound and domestic tourists and thanks to this the
national trust is being advertised to a variety of diferent people.

Rules and regulations

The national trust is required to follow certain rules and regulations in order to
carry on being a successful charity, they work with the government to ensure
they are following the correct rules and regulations such as data protection, if
national trust have any of your personal data they will respect your privacy and
only use the data to help them provide a great experience for their customers,
this includes tailoring the information shared to ensure customers fnd it
relevant, useful and timely. The national trust will never sell your personal data
to third parties as this goes against the strict rules and regulations. Another vital
rule national trust follow is health and safety especially on their sites. All sites
which the national trust own must have up to date health and safety rules and
equipment such as thought out fre exit plans, working fre alarms and other

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