NCEA Level 2 Tourism
Course Description
Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mr B. Silk.
This subject offers Tourism Unit Standards that can add credits towards the hospitality and tourism pathway.
It covers researching and understanding of both world tourist destinations as well as in Aotearoa New Zealand. You will also gain an understanding of tourist characteristics and needs. It will provide you with great general knowledge about tourist locations in the world.
This subject is very complementary for students that are looking at doing hospitality in the future. It is also approached in a way that you can work at your own pace, so is well suited to complement students that are attending MIT one day courses.
There will also be opportunity to complete other standards on CV writing and financial literacy if this suits the needs of individual students.
Course Overview
Term 1
Focus is on knowledge of the world and tourist destinations, including researching tourist destinations ad activities across different continents.
Term 2
The focus is on Aotearoa New Zealand as a tourist destination.
Term 3
Focus is on the characteristics and needs of tourist.
There will be opportunity for some students to complete other US's linking to CV writing and Financial Literacy such as budgeting.
Term 4
Completing standards as is necessary.
Recommended Prior Learning
Non required. Open to anyone.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
A personal laptop is essential for this course. If obtaining one is a barrier, please contact Ben Silk, the Kaihautu/Head of Social Sciences, at .
Pathway
Tourism has been the largest industry in Aotearoa New Zealand prior to COVID and it is due to boom again. There are increasing job opportunities such as flight attending, airport customs and retail, airline booking and service agents, travel agencies, tourism operators and support workers, hotel management, restaurant and catering business just to name a few.
Assessment Information
This is a unit standards course which is fully internally assessed.Most assessments are open book.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Perform calculations for a tourism workplace
NZQA Info
Describe and compare social and cultural impacts of tourism
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of world tourist destinations
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of destination Aotearoa New Zealand
NZQA Info
Demonstrate knowledge of tourist characteristics and needs