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Commissions are constantly under attack from tour operators and service providers on the one hand and travel agents on the other. Thus, they are an inevitable subject in press. This situation expresses the pressure under which the tourism in-dustry lies. The struggle for resources between the parties in the tourism value chain also affects the commission systems. As a result, commissions are being cut back. Leading in this regard are the English tour operators who have cut their commissions on an average of 2–3 percent in response to increased Internet booking.In the UK, 20 % of the tour operator bookings are already made online.
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Tacke, G., Fichtner, C. (2007). Commission systems in tourism. In: Conrady, R., Buck, M. (eds) Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2007. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70905-3_11
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