Overview
The tourism industry encompasses the provision of all those services used by people when travelling away from home. The reason for travel is most obviously “a holiday”; but may also be “business”.
Aims of the Tourism Part 1 course from Warnborough College
- Describe the nature and scope of the tourism industry.
- Recommend tourism destinations relevant to client needs.
- Advise a client on planning for unforseen circumstances on a trip, such as financial, legal and insurance issues.
- Explain the operation of airlines, including booking procedures.
- Explain the operation of car rental services, including booking procedures.
- Explain the operation of other transport services, including shipping, bus and rail.
- Explain the operation of accommodation options to a client
- Advise a client on package tour options, to satisfied their specified requirements.
- Determine appropriate operational systems for management of a tourism service.
- Consolidate available information and resources to plan a trip.
Programme Structure
There are ten lessons in this module as follows:
- Travel Industry : Holiday travel, Business travel, Resources, Components of travel (Accommodation, Transport, Food, Luggage/what to take, Health, Money, etc)
- Destinations : Local, State, Interstate, International; health before departure.
- Money, Insurance & Legalities : Credit cards, travellers cheques, exchange rates, International driving, quarantine laws, Islamic law, political concerns, tariffs, duty free, departure taxes etc.
- Transport – Airline reservations : International Air Transport Assn, Aircraft types, Flight information, transfers, time zones, passports, visas, baggage, travelling with animals, making a reservation, etc.
- Transport – Car Rental : Types of hire cars, reading manuals, different road rules, making reservations, cost structures, etc
- Transport
- Accommodation
- Package Tours
- Travel Agency Systems
- Special Project -planning a trip
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
You may enrol and start at any time of the year – it’s all self-paced.
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Hospitality Management Tourism & Leisure View 63 other Short Courses in Tourism & Leisure in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme