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1. Welcome to
Travel and Tourism
BTEC Level 2 First Award
in Travel and Tourism

2. Hello and welcome
to Level 2 Travel and
Tourism.
In this PowerPoint you will find:
• Details about the course and
how you will be assessed
• A reading list and ideas for tv
programmes and websites and
blogs that will interest and
inspire you to investigate more
of the travel and tourism
industry and the world around
you.
• A selection of activities to
prepare you for the start of the
course.
We look forward to meeting and
teaching you in September.
Miss Wakefield

3. This course
will...
o Give you an engaging and stimulating
introduction to the travel and tourism
industry in a practical learning
environment.
o Inspire and enthuse you about the
world of travel and tourism
o Give you the opportunity to gain a
broad knowledge and understanding
of the tourism industry
o Enable you to develop transferable
skills, which are highly regarded by
higher education providers and
employers.
o Support your progression into a more
specialised Level 3 qualification

4. What will
you
learn?
You will study three mandatory
units:
o Unit 1 UK Travel and Tourism
Sector
o Unit 2 UK Travel and Tourism
Destinations
o Unit 3 The Travel and Tourism
Customer Experience
Plus one further unit:
o Unit 5 Factors Affecting
Worldwide Travel and Tourism
For three of the units you will carry out
tasks/ assignments throughout the course.
Your teacher will mark these.
For unit 1, The UK Travel and Tourism
Sector, you will sit an exam that is marked
externally.
See here for further details…
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-firsts/travel-and-
tourism-2013-nqf.coursematerials.html#%2FfilterQuery=category:Pearson-
UK:Category%2FSpecification-and-sample-assessments

5. Great Travel Reads
Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travel
list: The 500 Best Places on the
Planet
National Geographic:
Destinations of a Lifetime
Great British Adventure
Map
The Bucket List: 1000
Adventures Big and Small
Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel
2020
Insta Travel: Discover
Breathtaking Destinations
100 Best Places on
Earth 2020
The Cities Book
Thousands of other travel books, guide books and adventure books are available to appeal to your interests.
Check Amazon, eBay and The Works for great prices. There are many second-hand bookstores online too.

6. maps.google.com
https://www.rome2rio.com/
tripadvisor.co.uk
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
weather2travel.com
https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/
uk.flightaware.com
https://www.visitbritain.com/gb/en
https://www.techradar.com/uk/best/virtual-tours-museums-national-parks-around-the-world
https://maptia.com/
https://www.atlasandboots.com/
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Weblinks Some fun and interesting
ways to explore and discover
the world without leaving
your chair!

7. Almost every film and tv programme could be linked to travel
and tourism! However, below are some series that specifically
focus on Travel and/or Tourism. All can be found on YouTube,
Netflix, Amazon Prime or iPlayer, just Google any of the
following:
TV Programmes
• The Travel Show
• Simon Reeve Travels
• The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
• Amazing Hotels
• Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay
• Long Way Around/ Long Way Down
• Michael Palins adventures around the world
• An Idiot Abroad
• Travel Man with Richard Ayoade
• Secret Life of the Holiday Resort
• Top Gear
• Holidays Unpacked
• Four in a Bed
• Dark Tourist
• Jack Whitehall Travels with my Father
• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
• Departures
• Holidays from Hell
• The Hotel Inspector
• The Kindness Diaries
• Crowded Out: An Over Tourism documentary

8. Project 1

9. Name the highland
areas:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Name the towns and
cities:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Name the islands:
i
ii
iii
iv
v
Name the seas:
Which three rivers
can you see?
Which individual
countries can you
see?
UK Map Quiz
2

10. Name each of the Travel and Tourism organisations
below.

11. Complete the table below with at least three more UK
examples for each type of attraction
Types of Attractions Examples
National Parks The Lake District, Exmoor
Natural Features The River Thames, Mount Snowdon
Man-made Alton Towers, Blackpool Tower
Historical or heritage Warwick Castle, Buckingham Palace
Special Events The FA Cup Final, Glastonbury Festival

12. Look at the map of Liverpool below. What are the main points of access?
i.e. what forms of transport could you use to get there from another town
or city in the UK, Europe or the world? What evidence is there on the
map?

13. Warwick Castle is a popular tourist attraction in the
Midlands. Research Warwick Castle and answer the
questions below.
1. Where is Warwick? What large towns and cities are
there near by?
2. What transport links are there to Warwick Castle
(think road and rail)
3. Who runs Warwick Castle and what other attractions
do they own?
4. What would attract visitors to Warwick Castle?
5. Why do you think the castle puts on special events
such as celebrating Halloween in October?
6. How does the castle encourage groups to visit?

14. Project 2

15. Choose a coastal resort or city in the world you have been to or would like to go to on
holiday and produce a fact file/ information sheet that includes the following:
oTwo maps, a local one of your chosen place and a national one (i.e. one of the whole
country) locating your destination. You could use Google Maps or Google images
oAnything people would need to know before going there e.g. time difference with the
UK, climate, entry requirements e.g. Visa, vaccinations?
oDetails of four visitor attractions in the area. Of the four, try to find at least one natural
attraction, one historical and one man made e.g. a theme park. Write a few sentences
about each attraction. What is there to do there? What visitors (e.g. older people,
families with young children, couples, teenagers, school groups) would most enjoy going
there and why?
oInformation about three different places to stay e.g. a hotel, a campsite and a villa or
apartment. Look for places that have particularly special or unusual features.
oA brief review of what visitors most like about your chosen place. You could use Trip
Advisor to help you.

16. You can use the websites on slide 6 to help
You can produce your work in Word, Publisher or PowerPoint. It is
entirely up to you how you set your work out.
You can include pictures, photos, screenshots etc

17. For any questions and queries, and to
send completed work, email me at:
victoria.wakefield@qka.education