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Travel & Tourism

For people thinking about an exciting career in travel and tourism this course will help you progress towards your goal. Exploring the travel and tourism industry the programme will enable you to learn about worldwide travel destinations customer service and selling skills retail travel servicers tourist information services and interpersonal skills as well as functional skills in mathematics and English. In addition you will be given an enrichment opportunity to gain the on-line Viewdata and Galileo systems qualifications used by major retail agents and tour operators.

  • Entry Requirements, Units, Assessment and more...

    Entry Requirements

    • 4 GCSEs D-F / or 3-2 (in 2017 GCSEs)- Relevant Level 1 qualification with Merit or above- Relevant industry experience to Level 1 or above

    Assessment Method

    Research tasks short-answer questions practical tasks and online e-assessments.

    Aims of the course

    Progression Opportunities

    After successful completion of this course you can progress on to a Level 3 Diploma in tourism.

    Facilities

    Lessons educational visits to visitor attractions and hotels guest speakers and workshops.

    Career Options

    This course equips you for a wide range of roles in the tourism industry such as travel agent tour operator cruise operator tour guide overseas resort representative or within a hotel.

Course Details

Venue Southwark
Day/Eve Day
Mode Full Time
Duration 35 weeks
Start Date 02/09/2024
End Date 20/06/2025
Course Code 4TVAC9S0

Funding

For up-to-date information about tuition fees, living costs and financial support, visit Fees and Finance.

16-18 Free
19-24 £ 362
24+ Please Enquire
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Coronavirus update

Southwark College is closely monitoring all communications and guidance as it becomes available. This information is for students and staff and reflects updates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Public Health England (PHE). We are prepared to escalate our contingency arrangements in the event of change.

The government is monitoring the situation closely and will continue to work with the WHO and international community. For staff and students, it remains business as usual across our sites and our workplaces.

Please note that, at present, this advice refers only to arrivals from Wuhan, and not the remainder of China. If you have returned from Wuhan you should:

General guidance for those planning visits to Wuhan or other destinations in China

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) maintains updated travel advice for those planning a trip to Wuhan or other destinations in China. This is available at:

www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/china

Note

This advice is derived from The Department of Health and Social Care will be publishing updated data on a daily basis at 2pm until further notice:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public#situation-in-the-uk

Supplementary Q&A for individuals wishing to know more around how the UK is managing the risk:

https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/01/23/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-what-you-need-to-know/