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tour operator

British  

noun

  1. a person or company that provides package holidays

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"There were more than 200 people taking the tour this morning. Seventy percent were foreign tourists," Renan Monteiro, from the tour operator Favela Turismo, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Paul Whitten, founder of Nashville Adventures, a tour operator, says this is all the more true when traveling as a family with young children.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

TUI's general manager for overseas health and safety, Libby Jones, said following Theo's death, the tour operator had considered whether it was feasible to install door chains on all hotel rooms.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

As Winnipeg-based sports tour operator Dave Guenther of Roadtrips says, the Olympic cycle often feels like “two or three years of cynicism followed by two weeks of unbridled joy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

The cancellation rate for trips planned from cities like Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru are very high, Abhishek Sansare, a Mumbai-based tour operator told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025