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 diploma
Duration: 2 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- International tourism geography
- Developing a local tourism destination
- Related tourism services
- Development of the tourism industry
- Assessment component for all City and Guilds subjects
- Tourism Communication
- Tourism Communication
- Tourist Destinations (South Africa)
- Tourist Destinations (Africa and Indian Ocean Islands)
- Travel Services
- ICDL (International Computer Driver’s License)
- Travel Office Procedures
- Travel Office Procedures (TOP N5 – principles of accounting)
- Wines of South Africa (short course)
- Tourism industry practical training
Second year subjects:
- Business systems
- Customer service operations
- People development (Human Resource Management)
- Marketing operations
- Assessment component for all City & Guilds subjects
- DTT (Development and Training Technologies. Fares within Africa)
- DTT (Development and Training Technologies. International basic fares)
- Hotel Reception
- Travel Services
- Tourist Destinations (Europe, Middle East and USA)
- Travel Office Procedures (public relations)
- Event Support (short course)
- Fidelio (short course)
- First Aid
- Galileo or Amadeus (optional 2-week course, Not included in course fees.)
- Tourism industry practical training
Careers: travel agent, tour guide, tourism consultant.
Source: www.northlink.co.za