Tourism: should I choose it?

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QCE Tourism: content and assessment

Explore Tourism: Tourism and travel; Tourism marketing. Read the actual course outline before choosing.

Confirm your cohort: Tourism 2024 v1.2. Unit options and their order depend on school delivery.

What will I learn?

Unit option A: Tourism and travel

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Unit option B: Tourism marketing

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Unit option C: Tourism trends and patterns

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Unit option D: Tourism regulation

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Unit option E: Tourism industry and careers

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How will I be assessed?

School arrangements: The published tasks below cover unit options. Your school selects a programme; this list is not the number of tasks every student completes.

Published course / existing guide: Investigation — The impacts of tourism

Published course / existing guide: Project — Traveller information package

Published course / existing guide: Investigation — Marketing campaign evaluation

Published course / existing guide: Project — Tourism promotion

Published course / existing guide: Investigation — Tourism trends

Published course / existing guide: Project — Sustainable tourism guide

Published course / existing guide: Investigation — Regulation in tourism

Published course / existing guide: Project — Tourism accreditation

Published course / existing guide: Investigation — Value of the tourism industry

Published course / existing guide: Project — Careers in tourism

Progression and companion subjects

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Will I find it hard?

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Does it scale up or down?

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Sources, versions and verification dates

Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-13. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.

  • Tourism: QCAA course and implementation — QCAA; 2026-11-13. "Tourism Applied senior syllabus 2024" [level=3] For implementation with students who will complete their study of the course in 2025 or beyond.
  • Tourism 2024 v1.2: published learning/assessment labels — QCAA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF edition matches the edition advertised on the live course page. Factual contents labels; school delivery, task dates and results are separate. © State of Queensland (QCAA), CC BY 4.0; see the document copyright notice.

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