BTEC International Level 2 Travel and Tourism

Unit 5: Factors Affecting Worldwide Travel and Tourism — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 2 Unit 5 (Factors Affecting Worldwide Travel and Tourism) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Mandatory (Pearson-set)60 GLH11 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

5 criteria
A.P1Describe travel options for a given journey.
A.P2Explain how passenger facilities provided at international gateways accessed for a given journey meet the needs of customers.
B.P3Create a basic travel plan for a given customer brief.
C.P4Present information for customers travelling to a worldwide destination.
C.P5Identify time differences for a given journey across different time zones.

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Assess the suitability of travel options, including passenger facilities offered at international gateways for a given journey and a specified customer.
B.M2Create a comprehensive travel plan for a given customer brief.
C.M3Explain the important information provided for a given customer brief.
C.M4Explain the effects of travelling across different time zones and how to minimise them for a given customer brief.

Distinction

2 criteria
A.D1Recommend the most suitable travel option for a given journey and a specified customer.
BC.D2Justify the reasons for your choice of information provided for the specified customer and the reasons for your choice of the individual components in your travel plan, from all those you researched.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

DescribeExplainCreatePresentIdentifyAssessRecommendJustify
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Investigate travel options and international gateways
  • B. Plan a visit for customers travelling worldwide
  • C. Provide information for customers travelling worldwide

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