Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Subject Description
Tourism gives students a variety of academic, technical, operational and workplace skills to work in the tourism industry. It enables students to gain an appreciation of the role of the tourism industry, the travel sector, hospitality and visitor services. The tourism course has a special focus on Eco-Tourism as an emerging and exciting opportunity.
Weekly workload in hours
4+ hours
Structure
Tourism & Travel:
Impact of tourism Traveller Information Package
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Tourism Marketing: Marketing campaign evaluation
Tourism Promotion
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Tourism Trends and Patterns:
Tourism trends Sustainable Tourism Guide
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Tourism Industry and Careers:
Value of the Tourism Industry
Careers in Tourism
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AssessmentFor Tourism, assessment from Units 3 and 4 is used to determine the student’s exit result, and consists of four instruments from at least three different assessment techniques, including:
- two projects
- Two investigations
Summative assessment
A response to a single task, situation and/or scenario, and an evaluation of ht eprocess they took to develop their response.
| A response that includes locating and using information beyond students’ own knowledge and the data they have been given. |
