BTEC Travel And Tourism- Unit 1

To achieve P4, learners should summarise at least 10 developments. It is important that learners do not simply create a historical account. All developments used for assessment should have had, or should continue to have, a significant effect on the industry today. Note: these developments do not in...

For P3, learners need to review the different types of interrelationships, ie chains of distribution (how travel products are distributed through the levels), integration (including both horizontal and vertical) and interdependencies (how different organisations rely on each other, eg a tour operato...

Within P2, roles should be covered according to the unit content: to meet key organisational aims, to provide products and services, to be responsible to stakeholders, to be environmentally and ethically responsible, to contribute to international and UK economies. Learners should select three organ...

For P1, learners need to describe all of the travel and tourism component industries and identify one named organisation within each. Learners should ensure that they include all the items in brackets, eg transport provision (road, rail, sea, air). Learners should demonstrate knowledge of the nature...

For M2, learners should demonstrate that they are able to identify recent and current developments, trends and factors that are having a significant effect on the travel and tourism sector and explain how and why this is happening. For example, in 2009, the weak pound against the Euro proved to be e...

To meet M1, the learner should select a minimum of two organisations, preferably each in a different component industry. The explanation needs to be detailed, showing a progression in understanding from the more basic description at pass level. Examples should be carefully selected for their relevan...

For D1, learners can select one organisation. The work has to be analytical and it is important that the selected organisation will provide sufficient coverage of all aspects of interrelationships. For example, a large tour operator could have complex chains of distribution that may involve many lev...