Level 3 Diploma in Travel and Tourism

The Level 3 Diploma in Travel and Tourism is designed to give a broad background and understanding of the travel and tourism sector and the skills required. The qualification can provide some of the skills required to progress to holiday representative, tourist guide and travel agent and allows choice from a wide range of units that can also be taken as individually recognised qualifications.

Mandatory units:

• Developing people in travel and tourism

• Promotions and sales in travel and tourism
• Principles of marketing for travel and tourism
• Development of tour operators' products and services
• Special interest holidays and independent travel
• Applied business travel skills
• Travel and tourism destinations - England
• Travel and tourism destinations - Scotland
• Travel and tourism destinations - Ireland
• Travel and tourism destinations - Wales
• Overseas representatives
• Overseas resort operations
• Planning and delivering guided tours
• Holiday park hosts
• Ski chalet hosts
• Conferences and events
• Ancillary sales and services
• Travel and tourism legislation
• Foreign exchange
• Package holidays
• Respond to emergency and problem situations in tourism destinations
• Farm and rural tourism in the UK
• Worldwide adventure tourism
• Tourism in the UK
• Worldwide travel and tourism destinations
• Travel insurance
• Arranging business travel
• Air fares and ticketing
• Investigating the cruise industry