This is a complete portfolio of student work who has been graded and assessed at MERIT level for Unit 5 on the EDEXCEL Btech travel and tourism award. This unit showcases various factors that effect tourism at a world-wide level and the resource focuses on the following elements of learning aim A ( climate in Portugal, snowfall in the Alps, Hurricane season in Florida). In learning aim B it discusses passport and visa requirements for the USA, and health precautions and advice for travel to Columbia, Africa and Thailand, with a case study focus on the Ebola outbreak. This work has been sent off and externally moderated and acts as an example for other pupils and schools to follow- given the lack of examplar material from the exam board. This meets the criteria for the older specification which is valid for summer 2019 exam series. The work shows how the teacher has annotated the work prior to moderation to show where assessment criteria has been met. We have used this with our students to help them understand the written quality and presentation required for a high mark.

This is a short ( 3 mins approx) mid-unit test to check students understanding on the concept of sustainable tourism. It could also easily be set as a classwork or homework task. Students must show they can define sustainable tourism, explain the negative impacts of mass tourism, and annotate an ecolodge with its sustainable features. This was originally written for year 9 as an introduction to the Unit 1 travel and Tourism Btec course ( and unit 1 examination). It could also easily be used for Ks3 Geography. Would go well with my other resource on ’ Sustainable tourism & Ecolodges’.

This lesson introduces the concept of ‘sustainable toursim’ and then students are given a task of designing an eco-lodge according to the principles of sustainability. there is a peer assessment grid to judge the sustainability of pupil designs. This lesson was made for the Unit 1 examinatioin for Btec Travel and Tourism, but equally as good for Ks3 Geography.

These resources were created to help students complete learning aim A in their unit 5 coursework for Btec ( climatic factors that effect tourism). There is a help-sheet for students to read about the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the USA tourism industry. Students then use this information to complete / fill out the Power-Point slide to show their understanding from Pass to Merit level. Links for further study are provided. This template has been used successfully in my school to gain MERIT level awards. please see my other resources for Learning aim A: Snowfall in the Alps.

This is a teacher-made example of part of a UNIT 5 coursework ( learning aim A); Factors that effect Worldwide Travel and Tourism. The factor here is snowfall, and how this impacts on the appeal of the ALPs, in France. The work shows the difference between describe and explain, and was used to help students understand the detail and quality that examiners look for in MERIT work. There are no formal activities linked to this, however students could use this to judge against their own work.

This is a lesson which introduces the concept of e-tickets and m-tickets. Students then complete a grid to assess the advantages and disadvanatges of using these types of tickets. this resource was produced for the Unit 1 examination in Travel and Tourism.