Students visit top tourist spot in Spain

Weymouth

College's BTEC National Diploma in Travel and Tourism 1st and 2nd year students

visited Spain's most popular tourist destination this month to find out what

makes it so special.

 

Lecturer

Tonia Fisher explains why they chose Salou as this year's destination: "As a

destination, Salou has the scope to appeal to a variety of visitors, for

example, city break customers visiting Barcelona, families visiting the beach

and the theme park, Port Aventura, older customers visiting the cultural city

of Tarragona. This resort has now increased its visitor numbers to make it the

no.1 most visited resort in Spain, overtaking Benidorm!  We had a talk and presentation with the Salou

Tourist Board and they explained their marketing and promotional campaign,

which included visitor figures and customer markets, and also why they believe

they are the top destination in Spain and how they have achieved this. It was

very interesting!

 

"It is a

compulsory trip for the 1st years because it links to their Residential Unit,

it also links to other units such as Reps, Europe, Visitor Attractions,

Handling Air Passengers, Tour Ops, Cabin Crew and Customer Service."

 

Since

returning, the students have had to evaluate and peer assess their

participation in the trip so they can complete the unit. 

 

As part

of the 2nd year study, all of the students had to complete a 2-week

work experience placement in April.  They

were very successful with over half being offered employment. Most of these students

will have begun jobs in the travel and tourism industry before they leave the

College, which they have been offered due to our employer links or their work

experience. Seven of them have chosen to continue their studies at university

on degrees such as Cruise Management at University of Plymouth, Business

Management at Liverpool University, International Tourism Management at Brighton

University, and Travel & Tourism Management at Guildford University.

 

Zack

Simons, 2nd year student, said: "It was amazing and the best trip ever!!"

 

Next

year's planned residential will be Lake Garda, Italy, visiting Verona, Venice,

Gardaland and more!!