BA in Tourism and Travel Management
Course Overview
The BA in Tourism and Travel Management is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree. Aligned with Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT), Tourism Society, ABTA and UKinbound benchmarks, it treats tourism and travel as a joined-up commercial discipline covering destinations, distribution, technology and guest experience.
By graduation you will be running commercial reviews across tour products, coordinating destination partnerships, contributing to travel technology briefs, and delivering a final-year dissertation or client consulting brief for a UK travel or tourism business.
Key Features
- Level 6 honours structure with a supervised placement year in a UK tour operator, destination organisation or travel technology firm.
- Modules aligned with ITT, Tourism Society, ABTA and UKinbound frameworks.
- Live commercial and product briefs from tour operators and destination organisations.
- Practitioner faculty from tourism, travel and destination management sectors.
- Access to the LSCAHM industry-careers day and Tourism Society events.
- Three parallel delivery modes for progressors, working travel professionals and international students.
What You Will Learn
- Design combined tourism and travel product programmes.
- Read distribution economics and yield across travel operations.
- Manage destination partnerships and destination-brand programmes.
- Apply Package Travel Regulations and ATOL considerations at graduate level.
- Coordinate travel technology briefs including reservation and CRM systems.
- Deliver commercial reviews and margin plans.
- Manage sustainability and responsible-tourism frameworks.
- Deliver a final-year dissertation or client consulting brief.
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers moving into travel and tourism from A-levels or Access to HE.
- Working tour operator and destination staff formalising a full honours award.
- International applicants targeting a UK-recognised travel and tourism degree.
- Career changers moving from hospitality or events into travel management.
Career Pathways
- Tourism Manager
- Destination Marketing Manager
- Travel Consultant
- Tour Operator
- Sustainable Tourism Consultant
- Hospitality Brand Manager (travel-linked)
- Event Manager (destination and travel-linked)
The LSCAHM careers service supports BA in Tourism and Travel Management graduates in reaching tour operators, destination management companies, receptive agents, travel technology firms and destination organisations across the UK.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3 in a related subject.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement outlining your interest in tourism and travel management.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts, with tourism and travel taught alongside hospitality, culinary and events study.
Central London places ITT, ABTA, UKinbound and major UK travel operators within a short tube ride of every classroom, giving BA students immediate access to the UK's travel and tourism sector.
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