Travel and Tourism
Subject Leader: Miss Sian Gimblett
To contact a member of staff please email post@bromorgannwg.org.uk
“I feel I made the right decision to take Travel and Tourism, its very enjoyable and I have enjoyed learning about new places.” Year 12 Pupil
Extra Activities:
KS4 (Year 10-11)
Why study the Travel and Tourism?
The qualifications have been devised around the concept of a ‘plan, do, review’ approach to learning where learners are introduced to a context for learning, review previous learning to plan activities, carry out activities and review outcomes and learning. This approach mirrors many work related activities in tourism and also provides for learning in a range of contexts thus enabling learners to apply and extend their learning. As such, the qualification provides learners with a broad appreciation of work in tourism and wider opportunities for progression into further education, employment or training.
What is the content of the course?
When? |
Unit Title |
Assessment |
Learning Hours |
Year 10 |
Unit 1 : Customer Experience |
Internal |
30 |
Year 10 |
Unit 2 : The Business of Tourism |
External |
30 |
Year 11 |
Unit 3 : Developing UK Tourist Destinations |
Internal |
60 |
Internal Assessment
Unit 1: Customer Experience
Unit 3: Developing UK Tourist Destinations
The following principles apply to the assessment of each internally assessed unit:
• Units are assessed through summative controlled assessment;
• Each internally assessed unit must be assessed independently. Learners may produce a piece of evidence that contributes to assessment criteria for more than one unit. This is acceptable provided it can be clearly attributed to a specified assessment criterion and has been produced under the appropriate controlled conditions for each unit;
• Performance bands are provided for Level 1 Pass, Level 2 Pass, Level 2 Merit and Level 2 Distinction. Evidence must clearly show how the learner has met the standard for the higher grades. There are three stages of assessment that will be controlled:
• Task setting;
• Task taking;
• Task marking.
External Assessment Unit 2: The Business of Tourism
• 75 minute examination
• Available in June of each year;
• Graded Level 1 Pass, Level 2 Pass, Level 2 Merit and Level 2 Distinction.
KS5 (Year 12-13)
Entry Requirements:
5 grade C in GCSE including C in English Literature and Language, Welsh Literature and Language and Maths.
What is Travel and Tourism?
A Travel and Tourism Subsidiary Diploma offers a specialist qualification that focuses on particular aspects of employment within the vocational sector. Tourism is Britain’s fifth largest industry, it is the third largest export earner and worth £115 billion a year. It employs 2.6 million people. The Pearson BTEC Level 3 Certificate in Travel and Tourism has the purpose of helping people to become occupationally ready to take up employment in the travel and tourism sector at the appropriate level.
What will I learn whilst studying Travel and Tourism?
The qualification provides learners with an element of sector specialism as part of their wider programme by developing a primary common core of knowledge in the sector through mandatory content. This common core covers the content, such as the developments that have shaped the sector (Unit 1: Investigating the Travel and Tourism Sector) and the factors that affect tourism to and within the UK (Unit 3: The UK as a Destination), that is regarded as most important by employers. It is therefore particularly appropriate for those with an interest in progressing to a career in a travel and tourism- related field, who want to pursue this via a principally academic route and take it alongside other qualifications, such as an A level in Geography and Business Studies.
Course Content:
Unit 1: Introduction to Travel and Tourism in the UK
Unit 2: The UK as a destination
Unit 3: The Business of Travel and Tourism
The above units will be studied in year 12 to achieve a BTEC Certificate equivalent to an AS level. There will be an option to continue with the course to study a further 3 units to achieve a Subsidiary Diploma equivalent to an A level.
Possible Careers:
BTEC Travel and Tourism gives learners the opportunity to enter employment in the travel tourism and leisure sectors or to progress to higher education vocational qualifications such as the Edexcel BTEC Higher Nationals in Travel and Tourism.
Link to the website of the course:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-nationals/travel-and-tourism-2010.html