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Year 9 Options - Travel & Tourism

WHY THIS SUBJECT IS IMPORTANT

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. Despite Covid stopping international travel, the UK tourism industry has been boosted by the increase in staycations.  

Around the world the travel and tourism sector supports around 292 million people in employment – that’s one in ten jobs worldwide.  At Westfield Academy we have studied some of the impacts of tourism in developing countries in your geography lessons in Key Stage 3.  This course will look more about the travel and tourism industry nationally and internationally. Including many organisations which you will already know about involved with different aspects of travel and tourism, such as: travel agents, tour operators, transport and accommodation providers and visitor attractions. 

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

Travel and tourism will offer you a practical introduction to life and work in the industry, allowing you to make a decision about your future learning and career. This course will give you the opportunity to develop sector-specific knowledge. You will gain key transferable skills by researching, planning, making decisions and judgements about a variety of tourism organisations.  It also allows you to use your personal experiences of travel within different scenarios.

WHAT WILL I STUDY?

Component 1: Travel and Tourism Organisations and Destinations

  • Investigate the aims of UK travel and tourism organisations.
  • Explore travel and tourism and tourist destinations, and the features that make destinations appealing to visitors. 

 Component 2: Customer Needs in Travel and Tourism 

  • Explore the different factors that may influence global travel and tourism.
  • How travel and tourism organisations and destinations respond to these factors. 
  • Examine the potential impacts of tourism at global destinations and how to achieve sustainable tourism. 

Component 3: Influences on Global Travel and Tourism 

  • Investigate how organisations use market research to identify travel and tourism  trends, and customer needs and preferences. 
  • Apply their understanding by selecting  products and services, and planning a holiday to meet customer needs and preferences. 

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

Components 1 and 2 are assessed through internal assessment (coursework).  Which collectively will make up 60% of the qualification.  There is one external assessment, Component 3, which provides the main synoptic assessment for the qualification. This will be assessed through an exam worth 40% of the grade.  All assignments and the exam must be completed satisfactorily in order to pass the course.