BTEC Tech Award – Travel and Tourism

Subject Team Leader / Lead Practitioner: T
Nguyen

Key
information about subject:

Travel and Tourism allows pupils to use
the knowledge and understanding from geography at KS3 and apply it with a
specific focus on the growing industry of tourism. The course allows pupils to:

A)
Investigate the aims of UK travel and tourism organisations – Travel agents, including
business and retail – give expert advice and guidance; arrange and book trips,
excursions, flights and package holidays for customers; arrange and book
ancillary services, including car hire, insurance, foreign exchange.
B)
Explore travel and tourism and tourist destinations and the factors that
influence global travel and tourism such as Economic factors, Political factors
& impact of Natural disasters
C)
Impacts of tourism – focusing on Social impact, Economic impact and
Environmental impact of tourism.
D)
Sustainability and managing social impacts – looking at educating visitors to
encourage them to reduce their negative impacts on the local community and
culture.
E)
How infrastructure development can benefit local people – Including looking at
local communities and their role in decision making.
F)
Partnership projects where local communities have a share or ownership of how
tourism impacts their lives.

Useful
websites (any websites which might be useful for staff or students)

Pearson Travel and Tourism

Curriculum outline

Key
Stage 4

Year group	Content	Assessment	Examination board
10	Component 2: Influences on Global Travel and Tourism Component 1: Travel and Tourism Organisations and Destinations Out of classroom activities – Trip 1: Birmingham Trip 2: Travel and Tourism company visit (tbc)	Knowledge check Bi and tri weekly assessments PPE in April Knowledge word sort Exam – Summer of that academic year	Pearson (formally known as EdExcel)

11	Component 3 (Synoptic) – Customer Needs in Travel and Tourism	Knowledge check Bi and tri weekly assessments PPE in Sept, Nov and March on all 3 papers. Knowledge word sort	Pearson (formally known as EdExcel)

Learners who study Travel and tourism normally use this to allow them to conduct any of
the following:

A Levels as preparation for entry to higher education (university).

Study of a vocational qualification at Level 3, such as a BTEC National in Travel and
Tourism, which prepares learners to enter employment or apprenticeships in the
field of travel and tourism sector of employment.