BTEC International Level 3 Travel and Tourism

Unit 1: The UK Travel and Tourism Sector — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 1 (The UK Travel and Tourism Sector) — 30 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional30 GLH15 criteria4 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

7 criteria
A.P1Describe the types of tourism and travel for your chosen organisation.
A.P2Explain how your chosen travel and tourism organisation meets its customer needs.
B.P3Explain the importance of travel and tourism to the economy of your country.
C.P4Explain the aims, characteristics, roles and the products and services offered by different travel and tourism organisations.
C.P5Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different types of travel and tourism organisations working together.
C.P6Explain the advantages and disadvantages of technology for the travel and tourism industry.
D.P7Describe factors affecting travel and tourism organisations.

Merit

5 criteria
A.M1Assess how your chosen travel and tourism organisation meets specific customer needs.
B.M2Analyse the contribution of travel and tourism to the economy of your country using statistics.
C.M3Analyse the relationships between different types of organisation, their characteristics, aims, roles and the types of product and service offered.
C.M4Assess the advantages and disadvantages of technology for different travel and tourism organisations.
D.M5Analyse how travel and tourism organisations respond to factors.

Distinction

3 criteria
B.D1Evaluate the importance of travel and tourism to the economy of your country using statistics and trends.
C.D2Evaluate the roles, products and services of different travel and tourism organisations, their interrelationships and interdependencies.
D.D3Recommend with justification how travel and tourism organisations respond to factors.

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.

DescribeExplainAssessAnalyseEvaluateRecommend
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 types of travel and tourism, customers and their needs
  • B. Explore the contribution of travel and tourism to the economy of a
  • C. Research travel and tourism organisations
  • D. Examine factors affecting the travel and tourism industry

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