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GCSE Leisure and Tourism (Dual Award)

 

For the GCSE Leisure and Tourism course, we follow the AQA (Dual Award) Syllabus.

 

The aims of the course are to:

 

  • provide a broad background of understanding and core knowledge of the leisure and tourism industries in the UK;
  • encourage a student-centred approach to learning together with the opportunity to apply knowledge of the leisure and tourism industries in a vocationally relevant way;
  • provide schools with the opportunity to forge links with leisure and tourism businesses;
  • foster cross-sector themes and approaches so that students can gain an insight into related sectors, such as business, retail and distribution, and hospitality and catering;
  • provide opportunities for progression into employment into the leisure and tourism industries or higher level vocational qualifications in these or related sectors.
  • develop an understanding of how leisure and tourism organisations operate as businesses;
  • acquire knowledge and understanding of UK travel and tourism activities and destinations;
  • develop an understanding of how people spend their leisure time;
  • ? develop an understanding of how the leisure industry meets people’s needs;
  • develop an understanding of why people travel, and how the tourism industry meets their needs;
  • develop an understanding of employment possibilities in leisure and tourism;
  • develop an understanding of how leisure and tourism organisations market the products and services they offer;
  • develop an understanding of the importance of customer service in
    leisure and tourism organisations.

 

The course is assessed through three separate elements that all have equal weighting:


-Final Examination
-Coursework 1 – Marketing in Leisure and Tourism
-Coursework 2 – Customer Service in Leisure and Tourism .

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