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Travel & Tourism

Dreaming of a career that will really broaden your horizons? You could go far with an East Durham College travel and tourism course!

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Travel Far with East Durham College

Travel and Tourism is big business. It's classed as a growth industry, meaning there's a huge range of different job opportunities and potential career paths you could take with a Travel & Tourism qualification from East Durham College.

In fact, there's an estimated 1.4 million jobs directly related to tourism across the country - that's 5% of the total UK employment!

Whether you dream of taking to the skies and working as cabin crew, working abroad as a holiday rep, working in a travel agents helping others jet off around the globe or even working in varied roles such as events management or entertaining on a cruise ship, it all starts right here with studying Travel and Tourism.

Our Travel and Tourism courses help you to develop the skills and knowledge you need to excel within the industry and help you achieve your goals. All of these skills will be gained through practical activities in realistic workplace situations. Your studies will also be enriched by practical 'real-world' projects, work placement opportunities and visits from guest speakers who are experts in tourism and travel.