Tawa College
NCEA Level 3 Tourism 301
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr E. Clarke.
Tourism 301
This Star funded course is designed to increase student's awareness of knowledge and skills required for working in the tourist industry, a very important sector of our economy for earning overseas exchange and for employing many New Zealanders in a vast range of jobs.
Standards covered are:
Explain the Importance of Māori Place Name, and use reo Māori greetings and farewells in tourism
Demonstrate knowledge of the South Pacific Islands as a tourist destination
Demonstrate knowledge of Asian countries as a tourist destination
There is one assessment for each standard. They are based on the work done in the government-funded workbooks, it is important students complete the work in these books. The assessments are open book using the workbooks as their assessment resource.
As students are doing a vocationally based course they are expected, just like employees, to have no unjustified absences, to wear appropriate clothing and have strong people skills including being polite and constructive, having well-developed self-management skills and being constructive team workers.
Course Overview
Term 1
US 3727v10– Pacific Island Destinations
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify suppliers used by the New Zealand travel industry to book travel products in Pacific Island countries; present information to customers about air transport and ground product, and related services available to visitors travelling to, from, and within Pacific Island countries; present information to customers about activities, attractions, and events in Pacific Island countries; and provide travel information for visitors to Pacific Island countries.
Assessment: Open book written
Term 2
US 26461v4 – Demonstrate knowledge of Asian countries as a tourist destination
- People credited with this unit standard are able to: locate Asian countries, and key cities, on a map; identify and describe attractions, activities and events in Asian countries; identify air transport and related services available to tourists travelling to, between or within Asian countries; identify and describe ground transport and accommodation available to tourists in Asian countries; identify travel products which can be pre-purchased in New Zealand, and their suppliers; and provide travel information for visitors to Asian countries.
Assessment: Open book
Term 3
US 31070v2
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the importance of Māori place names; and present a short mihi and poroporoaki in te reo Maori in a tourism context.
Explain the Importance of Māori Place Name, and use reo Māori greetings and farewells in tourism
- Present a short mihi (welcome) in Te Reo to manuhiri (visitors) in accordance with local tikanga (customs).
- Explain the importance of Māori place names in accordance with local history and/or or kōrero tuku iho. Explain the importance of correct
pronunciation of Māori place names.
- Present a poroporoaki (farewell) in Te Reo to manuhiri in accordance with local tikanga.
Assessment: A presentation
Term 4
Term 4 will be spent catching up and/or resubmissions
Recommended Prior Learning
Highly Recommended: Students have completed Tourism 201.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
There may be one or more day trips to Wellington.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of Pacific Island countries as visitor destinations
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of Asian countries as tourist destinations
NZQA Info
Explain the importance of Māori place names, and use reo Māori greetings and farewells in tourism
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