"excellent personal and social skills" OFSTED

Travel and Tourism

Introduction

Why don’t you think about doing the AS/A2 course in Travel and Tourism?

The Travel and Tourism industry is one of the biggest and fastest growing industries in the UK.

Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level

This up to date applied course is exciting and innovative. It is a full AS/A2 course and carries the same university points as any A level. It is 66% coursework with just 2 exam papers for the other 33%.

You will cover the following units during the 2 years:

• The Travel and Tourism Industry,
• Responsible Tourism,
• The Travel and Tourism Customer,
• Current Issues in Travel and Tourism,
• Destination Britain,
• Special Interest Holidays.

Much of the course is based around interesting issues such as:

“As aircraft cause much CO2 emission should you fly at all?”
“Should any more new tourist resorts be built?”
“Should Heathrow airport be extended?”

Downs Student feedback,

 

This course has been interesting and challenging and I have been able to use my love of travel in my studies to get a good grade

 

 

 

I love the fact that 66% of my marks are for coursework as I prefer coursework to exams

 

 

 

The small group teaching means that you get a deeper understanding of the subject

 

 

 

It offers great opportunities for work experience and extra curricular activity; I have even obtained a part time job from the course

Careers and Higher Education Opportunities

Tourism is now one of the largest industries in the world and educating responsible managers is a key focus. Tourism development in harmony with the environment is important.As well as providing thousands of jobs over 100 Universities and Colleges in UK offer degree courses in Travel and Tourism leading to a wide range of excellent career opportunities e.g. University of Surrey, University of Brighton, University of Exeter, University of Plymouth, Oxford Brookes University, University of Kent, University of Portsmouth, Liverpool John Moores University, Cranfield University, University of Hertfordshire, University of Bournemouth.

The courses offered include: BA/BSc (Hons) Tourism Management, BA/BSc (Hons) Tourism Development, BA/BSc (Hons) InternationalTourism Development, BA/BSc (Hons) Tourism Marketing, BA/BSc (Hons) Business Admin. (Tourism), BA/BSc (Hons) Airport planning and  management.

Studying tourism can also be combined with other subjects such as Geography, Business, Media, Marketing, International Studies, Languages, Law, Accounting, Event Management, Environmental Studies and so on. Many courses can include one year professional placements where you get paid. The average pay is at least £14,000 for that 1 year placement. Tourism graduates who have completed a one year placement have higher marks than average and much better employment prospects.