Travel & Tourism
Travel and Tourism
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
If you have a passion for travel, for learning about different countries and realising people'ss holiday dreams, then this course is ideal. Studying all aspects of the travel industry from marketing to tourist destinations this course, which is equivalent to three A Levels, also looks at industry focused units such as resort operations, retail travel, countryside tourism and visitor attractions.
Designed to give you a thorough understanding of travel and tourism as well as the interpersonal and communication skills required in today'ss tourism industry, you will have the opportunity to gain additional qualifications.
I decided to come to BCoT because the college offered me the chance to do the National Diploma that other local colleges didn’t. I have also got family that come to the college and they were positive about it.
At the time, I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I thought this was a chance to get good experience in the industry and I’ve always liked travel. Now my aim is to become a holiday rep.
On the course you cover all aspects of Travel and Tourism, from special interest tourism, like wine tasting trips, to tour operations and how they put a package together. At the moment, we are working with children in a holiday setting.
I’ve found that I got on with everyone on my course and I like all the teachers. At the start, it was difficult to get my work up to Merit level, but now I know what I have to do to get the grades.
Coming to a BCoT open evening and a taster day helped me to make my decision over another college. At BCoT you get a lot more freedom and the hours are shorter, but you do have to work that bit harder compared with school.
If you aren’t sure what you want to do, the ND in Travel and Tourism can lead to a lot of different jobs.”
Key: entry requirements
Further Study 
GCSE Grades A-C
or other Level 2
GCSE Grades D 
or other Level 1
GCSE Grades E 
and below
