Diploma in Travel & Tourism
Plan visitor experiences and learn how tourism businesses coordinate products, suppliers and customer service.
What you'll study
- Tourism products, destinations and customer segments
- Itinerary design, tour costing and supplier coordination
- Booking operations and customer communication
- Sustainable, accessible and responsible tourism
- Digital distribution, destination content and marketing
- Service recovery, operational risk and a tourism business project
Proposed study themes — confirmed against the issuing body's module list where one applies.
No tourist-guide licence, visa service authorisation or guaranteed employment is included.
Entry requirements
- Age 17 or above; GCE O/L or equivalent secondary education, or relevant work experience reviewed by admissions.
- Basic English communication, numeracy and computer literacy.
- An interest in destination research and working with customers; previous tourism study is not required.
How you'll study
- Study mode
- Live online
- How classes run
- Live online classes, itinerary workshops and destination case studies. Use virtual field research and optional local observation tasks where feasible.
- Teaching language
- English; any additional language support must be confirmed for the cohort
- Weekly commitment
- 4 guided + 5 independent hrs/week
- Assessment
- Design and cost a tourism package, prepare a supplier and operations plan, and present a digital promotion proposal.
- What you'll need
- Laptop, internet and spreadsheet or presentation software; optional field visits are separately agreed.
Fees
- Total investment
- LKR 85,000
- Registration (included in total)
- LKR 10,000
- Balance after registration
- LKR 75,000
What this includes
- Registration, scheduled tuition and digital learning materials
- Standard first-attempt internal assessment and ordinary completion documentation
- Required classroom lab or simulation access within the agreed teaching plan
Not included
- Personal computer, internet, travel and accommodation
- Optional software upgrades, optional live advertising and use beyond the classroom allowance
- Optional external examinations, professional memberships and resits