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Travel and Tourism
Unit 15
CORE COMPONENTS OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Tourism
Attraction Transport organisation Ancillary
s Accommodation
(governing services
bodies)
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS I
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T
Tour E
Operations Travel Agents
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T
CONSUMERS
Tourist
Topic preparation
Using different sources prepare for a
work experience placement in the
travel and tourism sector by:
Researching 2 suitable work placements
(jobs) in T&T
Brief research on the organisation job
specifications, work patterns & pay
Explain constraints facing this process
Feedback to the class.
Aim
To introduce you to the varied
employment opportunities which exist
in the travel and tourism industries.
Objectives
Identify and describe job roles/duties in the UK travel and
tourism industry
Disadvantages: e.g. work patterns, being away from home for long periods,
travelling long distances, seasonality,
Both +/-
Work patterns: hours of work, work patterns; shift work, e.g. early starts, late
finishes, night work, weekend work, bank holiday work, irregular work pattern;
flexitime; days off during week; annual leave
Pay: types of pay pattern e.g. hourly, weekly, monthly, salary scales, increments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRfb9XlTtYA WTM 2013 - Employment in Travel and Tourism: the
Responsible Tourism Agenda
Activity 2
Working in pair and using
mytravelandtourism.weebly.com/ topic
5/ write your ideas on Padlet:
Give a definition of what we mean by
skills, qualities and behaviours. Using
the jobs found previously list
examples for each needed for
effective performance in the
workplace.
skills and requirements for job roles