COURSE: CERTIFICATE IN INTERNATIONAL TOURISM

The Tourism Department of the Tygerberg Campus strives to benchmark its training on world-class standards. All Lecturers are qualified Trainers/Assessors and are specialists in their field of expertise. The national and international syllabus run concurrently, therefore once you have successfully completed your two-year Tourism theory and 18 months practical training/employment at Northlink you will have acquired two Tourism Qualifications.

Type: undergraduate certificate

Duration: 1 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Tourism industry


• Tourism geography


• Developing a visitor attraction


• Reservations and ticketing within travel and tourism


• Customer Service


• Presentation of tourism products and services


• Marketing


• Assessment component for all City and Guilds subjects


• Tourist Communication


• Tourist Destinations


• Travel Office Procedures


• Computer Practice


• Travel Services


• Tourism industry practical training

Careers: travel agent, tour guide, tourism consultant.

Source: www.northlink.co.za

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