BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Travel & Tourism

Objectives

All - To understand the difference between the 3 different types of tourists. (P)

MOST - To be able to list different types of local and national tourist attractions within the UK. (P)

SOME - To develop wider knowledge of a UK Tourism resource. (M)

LIT – To be able to spell the 3 different types of tourist

Units

Types of Tourist – Leisure, Business & Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) (5 mins)

Example Type of Tourist

Marianne is taking a holiday in the UK. She lives in Austria.

Raj is going on holiday to Bournemouth. He lives in Leicester.

Year 11 at Chichester Village College are going to visit Leeds Castle for the day.

Sheena & Donald are going to Madrid for a weekend break. They live in Glasgow.Mary is a sales director. She is going to a sales conference in Barcelona.

The Patel family are going on holiday to Disneyland , Paris.

Jerry goes to visit his father in Dublin every Christmas.

Mario is visiting the UK from Spain to undertake a language course.

Task: What kind of tourist are they? Leisure, Business or Visiting friends and relative (VFR). Note that some examples might fit into more than one category. Work in pairs to discuss your answers to this task.

UK Attractions (15 mins)Type of attraction Two national examples A local example

Historic house

Garden

Museum

Art Gallery

Wildlife attraction

Theme Park

Historic monument

Religious building

Task: Use the local tourist Information Centre (TIC) and the Visit Britain website (www.visitbritain.com) to help you complete the table above.

The table can be found here: R:\Business Studies\BTEC L3\Travel & Tourism

Visit Britain – (15 mins)You will use Visit Britain website (www.VisitBritain.co.uk.) a lot during your studies as it is an invaluable tourism resource. Use it now to find out:

1. What are the objectives of VisitBritain?

2. Who funds VisitBritain?3. What are the National Tourist Boards? 4. What are the Regional Development

Agencies (RDA’s)5. Where are VisitBritain’s overseas

offices?

Video clip: http://www.visitbritain.org/aboutus/overview.aspx

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Holiday homework – (15 mins)

Complete ALL of:

P1 - describe the travel and tourism component industries and provide examples of domestic, inbound and outbound organisations within them