Type: BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2
Board: Pearson Edexcel
Contact: Mr L Allen
Mode of delivery: 100% at Shaftesbury School. Available to students based at Sturminster Newton High School
The travel and tourism sector is the UK’s third largest employer, accounting for 9.5 per cent of total employment. Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK in employment terms, employing nearly 3 million people, and the value of tourism to the UK economy is approximately £121 billion (7.1 per cent) of UK GDP. In 2016, travel and tourism contributed 10.2 per cent of the world GDP, and the sector now supports 292 million people in employment – that’s one in ten jobs worldwide.
The Tech Award gives learners the opportunity to develop applied knowledge and understanding in a range of areas. Learners taking this qualification will study three components, covering the following content areas:
- the aims of travel and tourism organisations, how different organisations work together and types of travel and tourism, the features that make destinations appealing to visitors and different travel routes
- how organisations use market research to identify travel and tourism trends, and customer needs and preferences, and selection of products and services and planning a holiday to meet customer needs and preferences
- factors that may influence global travel and tourism, and how travel and tourism organisations and destinations respond to these factors, and the potential impacts of tourism on global destinations and how destinations can manage the impacts of tourism and control tourism development to achieve sustainable tourism.
Entry requirements and skills needed: General Level 2 entry requirements.
Assessment:
- Travel and Tourism Organisations and Destinations Internal coursework
- Customer Needs in Travel and Tourism Internal coursework
- Influences on Global Travel and Tourism External exam
Progression: Learners might consider progression to 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, or to move on to higher education by studying a degree in the tourism sector.
