Travel and Tourism

Course summary

Everyone taking this qualification will study three mandatory units, covering the following content areas: - The world of travel and tourism—developing the skills needed to examine, interpret and analyze a variety of statistics that measure the importance of tourism to the UK economy. - Global destinations—investigating the location and features of global destinations as well as explaining their appeal. - Principles of marketing in travel and tourism—investigating how marketing can successfully be achieved as well as creating your own marketing plan. This is a specialist qualification that focuses on particular aspects of employment within the vocational sector. It gives learners the knowledge, understanding and skills that they need to prepare for employment. It is equivalent to A GCE A-Level and is graded Pass, Merit, Distinction or Distinction* (P, M, D, D*). The unit includes: Unit 1: The World of Travel and Tourism Unit 2: Global Destinations Unit 3: Principles of Marketing in Travel and Tourism Unit 15: Visitor attractions​