NCEA Level 2 Tourism 201

 Tourism 201

There are six Unit Standards topics, they are:

    Describe and compare social and cultural impacts of tourism

    Work Roles in Tourism

    Demonstrate knowledge of world tourist destinations

    Demonstrate knowledge of the business of tourism

    Knowledge of destination NZ

    Tourist characteristics and needs

This course is designed to introduce students to important knowledge and skills required for working in the tourist industry, a very important sector of our economy for earning overseas exchange and for employing New Zealanders in a vast range of jobs.

Students are supplied a workbook for each topic. There are six assessments, one for each standard. In addition to work done in the workbook, supplementary work is done, mainly based on short film but also including guest talks and other methods. This gives a wider context to the specific knowledge required to complete the course. Assessments are open book, they are based on the work done in each topics workbook. Therefore it is important to keep their work in these books completed during the course of study.