Tour operator activities

Risk Level Moderate 2.8/5 overall
Strategies 45 frameworks applied
Active Risks 5 data-confirmed
Structural Position · Chain Node
This industry occupies a standard mid-chain position, receiving inputs upstream and supplying downstream. All standard...
Depends on 4 infrastructure hubs: Other monetary intermediation · Non-life insurance · Computer programming activities
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Where It Sits in the Economy

Upstream inputs, downstream outputs, and supply chain membership based on global input-output flows.

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Direct-to-Consumer

This industry interacts directly with end consumers, bypassing intermediaries. Customer experience, brand loyalty, and demand-side pricing power are structurally stronger here than at any other chain position.

Upstream Supply Risk 3.1 / 5.0 High

About This Industry

Sub-Sectors

  • 7912: Tour operator activities

Industry Type

SVC industries should not be penalised for low RP and SU scores — these are structurally appropriate for human service businesses. The meaningful risks are in Market Dynamics (MD: 2.98 mean), workforce elasticity (CS08),...

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Industry Classification
ISIC Rev. 4 7912 Class UN International Standard Industrial Classification
National Classification Equivalents
ANZSIC 2006 7220 Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services
ANZSIC 2006 7299 Other Administrative Services n.e.c.
NACE Rev. 2 79.12 Tour operator activities
NAICS 2022 561520 Tour Operators

Structural Position

Cross-sector analytical lenses applied to this industry's 81-attribute GTIAS scorecard, and which structurally similar industries share its risk DNA despite operating in entirely different sectors.

This industry does not trigger any of the five structural lenses under current GTIAS scoring.

Cross-Sector Structural Twins

Industries from entirely different sectors with near-identical GTIAS risk fingerprints — strategies that work in one often transfer directly to the other.

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