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Travel and Tourism (Level 6)

Glasgow Clyde College

Venues

Anniesland Campus, Cardonald Campus

Content

NQ Travel and Tourism (Level 6) gives you the knowledge and skills required to work in a wide range of travel and tourism businesses. Successful completion also allows you to move on to HND-level travel and tourism courses.

Glasgow Clyde College is a member of the Institute of Travel and Tourism and also partners with CCUSA, who specialise in providing exciting summer job opportunities in America and Canada.

This course covers a variety of subjects useful for employment in a variety of roles within the tourism industry such as working at the airport, for an airline, in a travel agent or hotel or overseas as a holiday rep.

Subjects covered include:
Selling the travel and tourism product; Resort representation: an introduction; Skills for customer care; Travel and tourism study visit; Working as air cabin crew; Hospitality front office skills; Marketing in travel and tourism; Leisure and business tourist destinations; Airport ground operations
An introduction to the cruise industry; Travel planning; Sustainable practices in travel and tourism
Glasgow Welcomes; The Scottish tourism product; Tour guiding; Enhancing skills for employment.

Entry Requirements

3 subjects at National 5.

Progression Routes

HNC Travel and Tourism

Start Date

August

Qualification

NQ

Study Method

Full time

Course Length

1 year

Department

Travel and Tourism

SCQF Level

5