BTEC International Level 3 Travel and Tourism

Unit 7: Travel and Tourism Business Environments — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 7 (Travel and Tourism Business Environments) — 30 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional30 GLH12 criteria
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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

6 criteria
A.P1Explain the reasons for the growth in sustainable tourism.
A.P2Explain the roles and objectives of three different organisations involved in developing tourism sustainably.
A.P3Explain how sustainability is influencing the travel and tourism industry.
B.P4Explain the potential positive and negative impacts of tourism at one chosen destination in a country with low human development
C.P5Explain the factors that can influence the ability of tourist destinations to achieve sustainable tourism.
C.P6Explain the methods used to achieve sustainable tourism at one chosen tourist destination in a country with very high human development (VHD) on the HDI measure.

Merit

3 criteria
A.M1Assess the potential advantages and disadvantages of organisations working together in partnerships to develop tourism sustainably.
B.M2Analyse the potential impacts of tourism at one chosen destination in a country with low human development (LHD) on the HDI measure.
C.M3Assess the significance of the factors influencing the ability of one chosen tourist destination in a country with very high human development (VHD) on the HDI measure to achieve sustainable tourism.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the roles and objectives of different organisations involved in developing tourism sustainably.
B.D2Evaluate the significance of different potential impacts of tourism at one chosen destination in a country with low human development (LHD) on the HDI measure.
C.D3Recommend methods to achieve sustainable tourism for one chosen tourist destination in a country with very high human development (VHD) on the HDI measure.

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.

ExplainAssessAnalyseEvaluateRecommend
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.

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