The travel and tourism industry is one of the fastest and growing industries in the UK. The value of tourism to the UK economy is approximately £126 billion, and the sector employs around 3.1 million people.
This is an excellent course for anyone wishing to pursue a career in the Travel and Tourism industry. It is the equivalent to 1 A Level.
It offers students the opportunity to study the growth of world tourism, how this has changed over time, how people travel to resorts and the impact of tourism.
A minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 including English.
Birmingham Airport
Resorts World
London Eye
Alton Towers
House of Commons
Birmingham City Council
Ryan Air
Hilton Hotels
Transport for London
Easy Jet
Midland Metro
British Airways
Thorpe Park
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Sea Life Centre
Components of Course
Unit 1:
• The travel and tourism industry – developing the skills needed to examine, interpret and analyse a variety of statistics that measure the importance of UK tourism.
Unit 2: Investigating Tourism Destinations:
• Different types of destinations and their importance – investigating the features and appeal of global destinations.
Unit 3: Tourism Impacts & Tourism Development:
• The Customer service – exploring and applying ways of managing internal and external customer experience to support organisational success and to develop customer service skills.
An optional unit from:
• Visitor attractions
• Passenger transport
• Events conferences and exhibitions
Assessment
• Examination - 58%
• Coursework - 42%
Exam Board
Edexcel (Pearson).
