Tourism, Travel and Events 2017 HSC exam pack (archive)
2017 Tourism, Travel and Events HSC exam paper
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Students should:
- communicate concepts and provide relevant industry examples
- expand on strategies to address a range of tourism, travel and events issues – not just provide a list
- respond correctly to the key words used
- communicate using appropriate tourism, travel and events terminology
- distinguish between content from the different mandatory focus areas in the syllabus.
Students should expect:
- to respond to questions that require them to identify, outline and explain
- to make reference to relevant legislation for each focus area
- to provide recommendations relevant to specific industry workplace examples
- questions to be of varying difficulty and be guided by the marks allocated for depth of response.
Students can prepare for this examination by:
- practising applying industry workplace examples to the different focus areas
- practising addressing all components of the question
- knowing the relevant geographical features and destinations for each Australian state or territory
- knowing the appropriate application for relevant legislation
- applying relevant tourism and travel or events operations information from their experience on work placement
- using the marking guidelines and past HSC examination papers to practice writing questions from the different focus areas.
In better responses, students were able to:
- support recommendations using relevant justifications or reasons
- effectively integrate relevant industry workplace examples and/or legislation where necessary
- accurately interpret the question, giving a clear concise response
- communicate strategies linked to different tourism, travel and events issues.
Note: The 2017 HSC exam was the final exam for the Tourism, Travel and Events Syllabus based on SIT12v2.
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