The course is designed to develop your skills in Tourism Planning and Management.
The tourism industry covers the wide range of services used by people when travelling, including booking services, transport, accommodation, tourist retail outlets and attractions, recreational and sporting pursuits, adventure tourism, charter boats and cruise-ships and hotel, motel, lodge and hostel service and management.
The career possibilities are unlimited, from receptionists to tour guides, charter boat skippers to hotel managers, hostesses to photographers, to wildlife carers and lifeguards.
Course Aims:
- Describe the nature and scope of the tourism industry.
- Recommend tourism destinations relevant to client needs.
- Advise a client on planning for unforeseen circumstances on a trip, such as financial, legal and insurance issues.
- Explain the operation of airlines, including booking procedures.
- Explain the operation of car rental services, including booking procedures.
- Explain the operation of other transport services, including shipping, bus and rail.
- Explain the operation of accommodation options to a client
- Advise a client on package tour options, to satisfied their specified requirements.
- Determine appropriate operational systems for management of a tourism service.
- Consolidate available information and resources to plan a trip.
Lesson Structure
There are 10 lessons in this course:
- Travel Industry Overview/Introduction
- Holiday travel, Business travel, Resources, Components of travel (Accommodation, Transport, Food, Luggage/what to take, Health, Money, etc)
- Destinations
- Local, State, Interstate, International; health before departure.
- Money, Insurance & Legalities
- Credit cards, traveller’s cheques, exchange rates, International driving, quarantine laws, Islamic law, political concerns, tariffs, duty free, departure taxes etc.
- Transport – Airline reservations
- International Air Transport Assn, Aircraft types, Flight information, transfers, time zones, passports, visas, baggage, travelling with animals, making a reservation, etc.
- Transport – Car Rental
- Types of hire cars, reading manuals, different road rules, making reservations, cost structures, etc
- Transport -Other, boat (ferries, cruising), bus, rail etc
- Accommodation
- Camping, Caravans, Tents, B & B’s & Guesthouses, Hotels, Youth Hostels, Resorts, etc
- Package Tours
- Travel Agency Systems
- Ethics, Tourist organisations, Client records and accounts procedures, etc.
- Special Project -planning a trip
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school’s tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.