Optimization of Routes for Travel Agencies

This diploma thesis deals with an issue of tour-routes and an optimization of routes for travel agencies, namely the Rialto travel agency from the city Přerov. Two tours, offered by this travel agency, are optimized and three optimization methods are used - the nearest neighbour metho, the Vogel approximation Method and the savings method. The first part of this thesis describes the theoretical issue of topic - the legislation concerning the travel agencies, transportation logistics, the usage of operations research in transport logistics and travelling salesman problem issue and methods used to solve the travelling salesman problem. In the second part the Rialto travel agency is briefly described, then the tours are described and these tours are optimized. The last part contents the analysis of obtained results, the results are evaluated and suggestions considering the economic, temporal and legislative (rest and working hours of drivers) aspects are made