In this unit you will gain skills to enable you to locate and explore the diverse destinations that make up the European travel market. They will develop your knowledge of the appeal of destinations for different leisure experiences and gain an understanding of the factors affecting the development and decline of selected destinations.
Summary of learning outcomes (L.O):
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
1 Be able to locate gateways and leisure destinations within the European travel market
2 Know types of holidays available in Europe to meet differing visitor motivations
3 Know factors and features determining the appeal of leisure destinations in the European travel market for UK visitors
4 Understand how factors affect the development and decline of the European travel market.
Task for P1:
On blank maps provided using the help sheet provided, you are to locate the following:
U.C.1: The European travel market:
1) European countries; EU countries; Eurozone countries; Schengen countries
2) Gateways: key airports with three-letter IATA codes eg Malaga AGP; Eurostar termini; ports accessible via direct passenger sailings from UK eg Cherbourg
3) Leisure destinations:
-beach resorts e.g. Benidorm, Rimini;
-winter sports resorts e.g. Chamonix, Courmayeur;
-countryside areas e.g. Lake Garda, the Black Forest;
-cities e.g. Barcelona, Paris, Prague;
-cruise areas e.g. the Aegean, Norwegian fjords
BTEC National Travel and Tourism
Unit 7 European Destinations:
Pass P2:
Merit M1:
European Leisure Destinations
You are working in Thomas Cook as a travel consultant in the European holiday section which is popular for customers wishing to book all types of European holidays.
Before working here, you only really thought that you would be booking beach holidays for families. However you now know that there are many other reasons that people travel such as: