Course Overview
This course can either be studied at Wakefield College or Selby College.
The UK is the seventh biggest tourism market in the world, worth over £70 billion to the country each year. More than two million people are employed in Travel and Tourism in the UK, so there are lots of opportunities for you to find a rewarding career in the industry either in this country or abroad.
Studying a Travel and Tourism course will help you gain the knowledge and qualifications you need to start work in this exciting industry. Each year we have a selection of day trips and yearly residential for learners to experience industry insight.
Your course will be an interesting mix of classes, lectures, seminars, workshops, presentations and independent student research. Some of them will be in our specially built aircraft cabin room where you can develop the knowledge and skills to work as Cabin Crew. Teaching will include use of digital facilities where you will research and study the latest travel and tourism news and information, and some will be in classrooms where you will prepare for work in the industry. You will develop skills using the latest travel industry directories and manuals. College links with companies such as Fly Me, Jet 2 Holidays, Travel Counsellors and Tourism Department will provide opportunities for students to learn from real-life experience.
A range of visits and residential are also planned throughout the academic year. Examples of day visits include visits to Chatsworth House, The Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and London. Overnight residential visits in current years have been to New York, Amsterdam and Disney Land Paris (subject to availability).
Please Note: Work placement opportunities will be available.
What You Will Study
Some of the areas you will study include:
- UK and Worldwide Travel and Tourism Destinations
- Overseas Resort Representatives
- Customer Service
- Marketing
- Specialist Tourism and the Cruising Industry
- How You Will Be Assessed
Assessments will also be varied to ensure you have every opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge. You may be assessed through practical tasks, short-answer questions, research tasks, written assignments, producing visual displays such as leaflets, observations of role-play.
Level 3 students may also undertake market research, case studies and investigations, presenting your findings in a variety of formats such as reports, brochures and presentations that you might find in working situations within the industry. Some units at all levels may be assessed by online tests.
- Entry Requirements
Level 3 Certificate/Diploma:
4 GCSEs at Grade 9-4, including English and/or Maths.
OR
Level 2 qualification with Merit Grade, plus Level 2/Grade 9-4 English and/or Maths.Level 3 Introductory Diploma/Extended Diploma:
5 GCSEs at Grade 9-4, including English and Maths.
OR
Level 2 qualification with Merit Grade, plus Level 2/Grade 9-4 in English and Maths. - Further Study
If you complete the course with an appropriate pass grade with Maths and English, you can progress through the levels.
You could also enhance your CV by taking other qualifications related to the Travel and Tourism industry such as Basic First Aid or Essential Food Hygiene. Some students may wish to learn a new foreign language or improve on one already studied at school. Some students progress onto a Higher Education course, such as the HNC/HND in Tourism Management run through the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group.