Travel & Tourism 0471
Explore visitors, destinations, tourism providers and impacts. Apply customer service, research and marketing ideas to tourism scenarios.
What you'll cover
- Foundations
- Destinations and impacts
- Providers and transport
- Service and inclusion
- Marketing and research
Published syllabus exam years: 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029. Confirm exam-series and centre availability with your school and Cambridge.
Cambridge IGCSE Travel & Tourism 0471 syllabus map
2027–2029 syllabus · Version 1
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This original StudyForA course maps all five numbered content sections and all 26 numbered syllabus topics in Cambridge IGCSE Travel & Tourism 0471 Version 1 for exams in 2027, 2028 and 2029. Both 80-mark written papers draw content from the full syllabus: Paper 1 (Key Terms and Concepts, 1 hour 30 minutes) and Paper 2 (Managing and Marketing Destinations, 2 hours). Lessons use original contexts and guided, independent and transfer practice with explanatory answers. They do not reproduce Cambridge exam papers, set official grades or replace teacher assessment. The separate 2024–2026 cycle is not represented by this route.
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All five content sections and all 26 numbered syllabus topics are mapped to original teaching and three-stage practice. Cambridge states both papers assess content drawn from the entire syllabus; Paper 1 focuses on key terms and concepts and Paper 2 on managing and marketing destinations. Practice is formative and does not provide Cambridge marks or grades.
Foundations
- Introduction to the main travel and tourism definitions and concepts1
Destinations and impacts
- Global tourism2
Providers and transport
- Travel and tourism organisations3
Service and inclusion
- Customer service4
Marketing and research
- Destination marketing5
Lessons and worked examples
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- 01
Classify tourism and explain why people travel
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Recognise tourists, destinations and sustainable tourism
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Explain tourism demand and destination appeal
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Understand destination organisations and their roles
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Plan tourism development and manage destinations sustainably
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Analyse the economic, environmental and sociocultural impacts of tourism
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Compare tourism providers and how they work together
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Choose transport and develop connected infrastructure
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Explain why customer service matters
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Deliver customer service and handle service tasks
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Serve tourists with different needs and develop industry skills
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Explain the purpose and timing of destination marketing
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Build a destination marketing mix
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Research the market and analyse destination evidence
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Segment visitors and target a suitable offer
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