Students will develop knowledge and technical skills within a practical learning environment and through a vocational context. Exploring the aims of various travel and tourism organisations, features of tourist destinations, how organisations meet customer requirements, and the influences on global travel and tourism.’

This BTEC Tech Award in Travel and Tourism allows students to explore some of the key areas within the sector, including accommodation, tourism development and promotion, transport and visitor attractions. They will investigate the importance of the travel and tourism to the UK and will be able to research, plan, make decisions for designing a holiday as well as researching consumer technologies.

This qualification will enable students to continue onto further study at Level 3.

Year 10

Component 1 - Travel and Tourism Organisations and Destinations (30% of final grade)

Students will be investigating travel and tourism organisations in the UK (e.g. Holiday Inn, Virgin Group) the role of consumer technologies such as apps in travel and tourism and the different types of tourism and visitors. Students will have to conduct research in these areas and apply their knowledge to a specific visitor profile about a destination they should visit and how to reach it.

Component 2 - Customer Needs in Travel and Tourism (30% of final grade)

This component involves students investigating how organisations use market research. Students will also find out about how organisations meet the specific needs of tourists such as the accommodation or budget. They will identify customer needs from a visitor profile and then suggest new products and services and create a travel plan.

Both Component 1 and 2 are internally assessed and externally moderated making up 60% of the overall grade.

Year 11 Curriculum

Component 3 - Influences on Global Travel and Tourism (External assessment 40% of final grade)

This unit will involve students exploring the factors that may influence global travel and tourism, e.g. the media, politics and natural disasters and how travel and tourism organisations and destinations respond to these factors. They will look at the potential impacts of tourism at global destinations and how to achieve sustainable tourism.

Extra-curricular opportunities

• Trip to travel agents
• Trips to travel shows
• Trips to airports