Financial Systems within the Travel and Tourism Industry - Lesson Plan

This resource is designed specifically for Unit 2 of the Edexcel BTEC National qualification, 'The Business of Travel and Tourism', although it will be of relevance to centres following other awarding bodies' programmes.

Aim:

To continue to work through Unit 2 with this introductory look into the financial systems in operation in the travel and tourism industry.

Learning Objectives:

By participating in this lesson students should:

• Learn more about the financial systems in the industry
• Understand more about how some financial aspects can affect businesses in travel and tourism
• Find out about EU expansion and the effects of this process on financial systems in the industry

Resources:

• PowerPoint Presentation -Financial Systems in Travel and Tourism [54K]
• Activity - Financial Systems within the Travel and Tourism Industry
• Projector/PC/Internet access

Lesson Structure:

1. Outline the key learning outcomes of this session.
2. Go through the PowerPoint Presentation.
3. Hand out the Activity sheet.
4. Support learners through the resource discovery process.
5. Guide learners through the tasks. It may be suitable to organise them into small research groups at this stage.
6. Have the groups report their findings back to the whole class.
7. Review the learning objectives of the session.