P1 Travel And Tourism
BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Travel & Tourism
Unit 1
Investigating the Travel and Tourism Sector
Scenario 1
Task 1a
There are three different types of tourism – domestic, inbound and outbound. Domestic tourism is all about traveling within the same country you live, for example, UK citizen traveling around London. Inbound tourism is when overseas tourists come to visit the UK. And an outbound tourism happens when UK residents going abroad and taking their holidays outside the UK. For example, a family living in Portsmouth is traveling to Madrid for a week.
Accommodation
Nowadays we have a wide range of accommodation to choose from depending on our needs and budget limits. Accommodation can be serviced and non-serviced.
Serviced accommodation …show more content…
It is normally located within another business. The leading business travel agency is Traveleads based in Leeds. The company tries to ensure that business people are traveling in comfort and they are able to work efficiently. Traveleads are providing many services like accommodation and flight bookings as well as UK rail, Eurostar and ferry bookings. They also offer car hire, passport and visa services and a 24/7 emergency support centre. This is a really efficient for a busy company to have their own business travel agent to help with sorting out all travel costs and planning …show more content…
The main aim is to maintain high standards of trading for the travel industry and its customers. www.abta.com AITO is an Association of Independent Tour Operators. The organisation represents UK’s tour operators specialising in a particular type and unique of destinations. www.aito.co.uk CAA is The Civil Aviation Authority which regulates the airline industry. It is an independent regulatory body. It doesn’t receive any government funding but it charges for its services e.g. financial protection in event of the tour operator failure. www.caa.co.uk Ancillary services
Ancillary services are the services which are offered by the tour operator to its customers to provide less hassle during holiday and add any extras. There are many ancillary services such as insurance, car hire and parking, foreign money exchange, luggage, tour guide etc. which are very important to make your holiday secure and easier.
For example, travel insurance is very important in event of theft or loss. Car park, car hire or car insurance is very useful if a customer needs to travel long distances
Unit 1
Investigating the Travel and Tourism Sector
Scenario 1
Task 1a
There are three different types of tourism – domestic, inbound and outbound. Domestic tourism is all about traveling within the same country you live, for example, UK citizen traveling around London. Inbound tourism is when overseas tourists come to visit the UK. And an outbound tourism happens when UK residents going abroad and taking their holidays outside the UK. For example, a family living in Portsmouth is traveling to Madrid for a week.
Accommodation
Nowadays we have a wide range of accommodation to choose from depending on our needs and budget limits. Accommodation can be serviced and non-serviced.
Serviced accommodation …show more content…
It is normally located within another business. The leading business travel agency is Traveleads based in Leeds. The company tries to ensure that business people are traveling in comfort and they are able to work efficiently. Traveleads are providing many services like accommodation and flight bookings as well as UK rail, Eurostar and ferry bookings. They also offer car hire, passport and visa services and a 24/7 emergency support centre. This is a really efficient for a busy company to have their own business travel agent to help with sorting out all travel costs and planning …show more content…
The main aim is to maintain high standards of trading for the travel industry and its customers. www.abta.com AITO is an Association of Independent Tour Operators. The organisation represents UK’s tour operators specialising in a particular type and unique of destinations. www.aito.co.uk CAA is The Civil Aviation Authority which regulates the airline industry. It is an independent regulatory body. It doesn’t receive any government funding but it charges for its services e.g. financial protection in event of the tour operator failure. www.caa.co.uk Ancillary services
Ancillary services are the services which are offered by the tour operator to its customers to provide less hassle during holiday and add any extras. There are many ancillary services such as insurance, car hire and parking, foreign money exchange, luggage, tour guide etc. which are very important to make your holiday secure and easier.
For example, travel insurance is very important in event of theft or loss. Car park, car hire or car insurance is very useful if a customer needs to travel long distances