Travel and Tourism – BTEC (KS4)
Subject intent
- The aims of travel and tourism organisations, how different organisations work together and types of travel and tourism, the features that make destinations appealing to visitors and different travel routes
- How organisations use market research to identify travel and tourism trends, and customer needs and preferences, and selection of products and services and planning a holiday to meet customer needs and preferences
- Factors that may influence global travel and tourism, and how travel and tourism organisations and destinations respond to these factors, and the potential impacts of tourism on global destinations and how destinations can manage the impacts of tourism and control tourism development to achieve sustainable tourism.
Link to KS4 specification
Travel and Tourism specification
Travel and Tourism specification PDF
Curriculum plan
Two Year Curriculum Plan – Year One
| Term 1* | ||||||||||||||
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Component 1: Travel and Tourism Organisations and Destinations | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB |
| Term 2* | ||||||||||||
| Week | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Component 1: Travel and Tourism Organisations and Destinations | R | R | MIA | MIA | MIA | MP | MP | SA | SA | SA | M | M |
| Component 2: Customer Needs in Travel and Tourism | LOA | LOA | ||||||||||
| Term 3* | ||||||||||||||
| Week | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | |
| Component 1: Travel and Tourism Organisations and Destinations | MO |
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| Component 2: Customer Needs in Travel and Tourism | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOA | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB | LOB | |
| Note PSAs for Travel and Tourism are available from 3rd October 2022. The PSA for Component 1 will take approximately 10 hours to complete, of which 4 hours will be monitored preparation time and 6 hours will be supervised assessment. · Task 1a = 1hr monitored preparation & 1hr supervised assessment · Task 1b = 1hr supervised assessment · Task 2 = 1hr monitored preparation & 1.5hr supervised assessment · Task 3a = 2hr monitored preparation & 1.5hr supervised assessment · Task 3b = 1 hr supervised assessment These timings are for illustrative guidance only.
* Week patterns are approximate
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Two Year Curriculum Plan – Year Two
| Term 1* | ||||||||||||||
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Component 2: Customer Needs in Travel and Tourism | R | R | MIA | MIA | MP | MP | MP | SA | SA | SA | M | M | M | MO |
| Term 2* | ||||||||||||
| Week | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Component 3: Influences on Global Travel and Tourism | EC A AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | EC A AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | EC A AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | R/MEA | EC B AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | EC B AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | EC B AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | R/MEA | EC C AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | EC C AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | EC C AO1/AO2/AO3/ AO4 | R/MEA |
| Term 3* | |||||||||||||
| Week | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| Component 3: Influences on Global Travel and Tourism | R | R | MEA | R | R | EXT | |||||||
| Note PSAs for Travel and Tourism are available from 3rd October 2022. The PSA for Component 2 will take approximately 11 hours to complete, of which 5 hours will be monitored preparation time and 6 hours will be supervised assessment. · Task 1a = 1hr supervised assessment · Task 1b = 2hr monitored preparation & 1.5hr supervised assessment · Task 2 = 1hr monitored preparation & 1.5hr supervised assessment · Task 3 (3a&3b) = 2hr monitored preparation & 2 hr supervised assessment These timings are for illustrative guidance only.
* Week patterns are approximate |
