Level 3 Travel and Tourism

This course is suitable if you are looking to start a career, or an apprenticeship or enter Higher Education in any area of the tourism industry.

Year 1 focuses on…

• Key Principles and Sectors of the Travel & Tourism Industry
• Passenger Transport
• Appeal of Global Tourism

The qualification also develops your transferable skills in a range of subjects including…

• Customer Service
• Business Studies

Year 1 is designed as a steppingstone qualification to lead onto the Extended Diploma in Travel & Tourism which forms Year 2 of your course.

Together in Year 2 we will take a more detailed look at specific sectors of the Travel & Tourism Industry which include important topics such as…

• Hospitality
• UK Tourism
• Event Management.

As in Year 1 we continue to further develop your transferable skills by working on topics such as Marketing and Recruitment & Selection. This last topic blends perfectly with our Work Placement unit in which you will be able to put into practise all you have learned in the classroom with a local Travel, Tourism or Hospitality company.

Who is the course suitable for?

This course is suitable if you are looking to start a career, or an apprenticeship or enter Higher Education in any area of the tourism industry. It’s also perfect if you are yet unsure which of those things you want and maybe prefer to simply find out more or build your knowledge and skillset in the Travel & Tourism Industry. Not only will this course prepare you for the Travel and Tourism Industry, but it will help you to develop your transferable skills to ease your progress into a whole range of different areas of study or employment.

• The World of Travel & Tourism
• Global Destinations
• Managing the Customer Experiences in Travel & Tourism
• Travel & Tourism Enterprises
• Visitor Attractions
• Passenger Transport
• Principles of Marketing in Travel and Tourism
• Researching Current Travel Trends and Key Issues in Travel and Tourism
• Managing Accommodation Services
• The UK as a Tourist Destination
• Recruitment and Selection in Travel and Tourism