Skills & Trades

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Browsing Skills & Trades by Subject "Hospitality and Tourism"
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    Communicating Effectively with Tourists
    ( 2002) Taufatofua, Lu’isa
    This course is intended to get participants to think about the importance of communicating effectively with tourists, both from the tourists’ viewpoint and their own. It is intended as a basic introduction for people who may not know much about tourists or ways of communicating with tourists.
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    Introduction to Tourism
    ( 2002) Tapasei, Willie ; Kalwajin, Enny ; Wightman, Paul
    This course will make you think about tourists. As you go through this workbook you will look at: where tourists come from - why they come here and - the things they like to do when they are here - things you should know about tourists - good things and bad things that can come from tourism - people and places involved in tourism in your area.
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    Setting up a Tourism Project
    ( 2002) Vaai, Tauvaga ; Isara, Tupe T ; Wilks, Tina
    The purpose of this course is to assist people to set up a small business based on the tourist industry in island nations. This will help add commercial value to local cultural activities, increase the ability of people to harness their skills in planning successful small commercial enterprises, and help them realise that they can play an important part in ensuring that tourists enjoy their visit to their country. Overall, we hope that this course will help people in local rural communities achieve a better standard of living
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    Tour Guiding
    ( 2006) Commonwealth of Learning ; Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)
    This 255-hour certificate course is intended for people who are already tour guides or who are aspiring to become tour guides. Specialty courses are three (3) credits and those involving a practical component are four (4) credits. Throughout this course, you will be asked to draw upon those experiences. The administering institution will determine how this course will take place. It may used for self-assessments or teacher-marked assessments. Institutions will also determine the length of assessments and how long learners will be allowed to complete them.