Globally, events in tourism are a dynamic and fast-growing sector with a clear link and benefit for the tourism industry. Events in tourism have a positive role to play in enhancing destination attractiveness and competitiveness, helping destinations have a place on the world map. For the industry, events provide a vital role as a contributor to the global economy, promoting domestic growth, media exposure, stimulating infrastructure upgrades and a wide variety of employment opportunities. In the UK alone Statista found that in 2019, 69 million people attended a football match and with 42 million people attending a live concert7 . Events in tourism are often seen as one of the most exciting sectors in the industry, connecting major destinations and promoting cities, regions and countries.

This unit will provide opportunity to develop transferable employability skills, that are useful when pursuing a career in events management. The unit will also deepen learning by undertaking real life activities. The aim of this unit is for you to develop key tourism management and employment skills as you plan to prepare, run, and evaluate an event. The unit provides you with a balance of theoretical and practical learning. 

This is an exciting opportunity to connect and experience real life events in the tourism industry, allowing you to develop cognitive, problem solving and interpersonal skills.

Unit 5 is internally assessed through a controlled assessment. You will undertake a series of set tasks that are to be applied to a prescribed context set by WJEC. The controlled assessment will:

• be marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC 

• consist of 20 hours of controlled assessments

• assess content from each topic and each section in the unit 

• include 75 marks 

• only use the command verbs listed in the Assessment Guide 

• be graded a-e.