Travel & Tourism

Examining Body: Edexcel (Pearson)

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

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.

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 3 - Principles of Marketing in Travel and Tourism: You will develop marketing skills through exploring marketing activities and researching the needs and expectations of different customer types.

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 3 and 9 are assessed internally through a series of written assignment.