This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding travel agent jobs. A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about how travel agents travel.
In an exhaustive report on the impact on tourism of the recent Asian tsunami, Visa International notes that Australia is the only market not relying mainly on the internet for travel information on Asia. In fact, 58 of Australian respondents in the global research reported their first stop was a travel agent. Well Ubud was very touristy and expensive, although they really had some fabulous items to buy. Lovina is much less a tourist destination, so things are less expensive if you bargain.
In the United Kingdom, however, this phenomenal growth has entailed some problems, which stemmed from the difficult position of the tour operator and the customer. A number of special factors, like inadequate performance or financial failure by travel agents and tour operators caused damage to the reputation of the travel trade, and created a demand for the organization that will be able to resolve such problems or at least mitigate their consequences.