Travel and Tourism

Today’s travel and tourism industry is dynamic and diverse, offering a huge variety of employment opportunities for young people. This sector is one of the fastest growing in the world and provides more than 250 million jobs worldwide. During the course you will learn transferable skills such as such as business planning, budgeting, communication, teamwork, presentation and sales skills. Outside of the classroom, you will have the opportunity to experience the travel industry first-hand through local excursions and employer involvement. This will give you the chance to experience how different tourist centres work and gain an insight into this exciting industry. The BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma is equal to 1.5 A levels and assessment is in the form of both internally assessed assignments and externally assessed exams.

Course Structure

Unit 1 -The World of Travel and Tourism: An introduction to the dynamic world of travel where you will explore the key components and scale of the industry, using data to analyse key trends and their impact.

Unit 2 - Global Destinations: You will investigate and analyse information regarding the features and appeal of global destinations, travel planning, and the factors and trends affecting the changing popularity of global destinations.

Unit 1 and 2 are externally assessed by an end of unit exam

Unit 5 - Managing the Customer Experience in Travel and Tourism: A practical unit which enables you to understand what makes good customer service and develop their own skills as part of the assessment.

Unit 7 - Sustainable Tourism: You will research and analyse potential economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts of tourism, and how tourism can be developed sustainably at different types of tourist destination.

Unit 8 -Travel and tourism Enterprises: An exciting unit where you have the opportunity to undertake research and prepare a business plan and pitch for your own travel and tourism industry.

Unit 9 - Visitor Attractions: You will investigate chosen visitor attractions in order to understand how they develop, diversify and use technology in order to meet the needs of their different types of visitors.

Units 5,7,8 and 9 are assessed internally through a series of written assignments for each unit.

All vocational subjects require a minimum of five grade 4 GCSE passes which must include at least grade 4 in Maths and English Language.

The qualification carries UCAS points and is recognised by higher education providers as meeting admission requirements for many relevant courses. In addition to the travel and tourism sector-specific content, the requirements of the qualification will mean that learners develop skills such as self-confidence, self-presentation, personal discipline and time management. On its own, this qualification can provide progression to Foundation Degrees and Higher National Degrees.