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Travel and Tourism

• The Travel and Tourism sector is dynamic, exciting and provides a challenging working environment. If you are contemplating studying this programme, it is likely that you are considering a career in travel and tourism. More so than ever, the travel and tourism industry has faced many challenges since the Coronavirus pandemic. Your research and completion of these activities will give you a foundation for studying travel and tourism and an insight into what major challenges this industry continues to face.

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Airlines – Activity 1 - KAG

• Choose an airline. Virgin Atlantic or British Airways.

• Since March 23rd 2020 when the UK was advised of lock down by the government, what challenges have these airlines encountered?

• Who owns these airlines and what is their business ownership?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of this business ownership?

• What revenue has been lost?

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Airlines – Activity 1

• What has happened to their workforce?

• What are they advising their customers?

• What UK Laws are in place for customer protection for flights and package holidays?

• What is the future of airline travel with the current pandemic?

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• Create a document, either Powerpoint or word? Choose your airline. Introduce this airline with a brief history up to March 2020

• Use the questions above as a guide. Copy in screen shots, web links, articles etc to support and evidence your assignment.

• Create a page at the end entitled Bibliography and put in every website you used to complete this.

• Send to [email protected]

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Activity 2 Global Destinations – Gateways –LDB work on a word document

Write the Phonetic Alphabet and learn your name

Name the 6 London Airports and their 3 letter codes

Name 6 train termini including the international station

Name 6 ferry or cruise ports

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Activity 2 -Transport Providers

• Air carriers – name 6 national carriers

• What is the difference between scheduled airlines,

charter and budget?

• Find 3 airlines for each

• What is the difference between a ferry and a cruise ship?

• List 3 ferry companies and 3 cruise liners

• Find a national ferry company, local and international

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Activity 2 - Rail operators

• What is the difference between the Eurostar and

the Eurotunnel (Shuttle)

• Where do they both depart from and go to?

• Find a train that has sleeper carriages going to Scotland and Cornwall from London – name of these carriers?

• What luxury train services run from the UK?

• Can you find a heritage train company and its route?

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Activity 2 - Travel Planning

• What is the purpose of a tourist board?• Choose a country and visit their tourist board eg visitgreece or

visitthailand, visitusa, visitkenya, visitjamaica, visitmalta

• What information is provided? Are other languages available? Is it enticing you to want to visit this place? Screen shot this

• Now visit the FCO website. What is its purpose?

• What information is on the site?

• Send this work to [email protected]

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Research

• In preparation. Download a travel app to your

phone or join a travel page on Instagram or

Facebook.

• Travel mole is a good choice for Facebook or

Instagram

• Daily Mail travel app

What apps do you already have? List them