Geography in Travel Planning (e-learning)

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E-LEARNING

About the course

20-hour e-learning course

IATA Geography in Travel Planning  aviation training course

Geography is central to tourism as travelers take into account the travel time, routing, and local climate when choosing a vacation destination. In order to successfully sell travel products, you need to understand what drives tourist decisions and what geographically sets places apart. Study world geography and time zones to better advise clients on travel destinations and tours, and explore different regional modes of transport to offer customized travel itineraries.

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Course code: TTTG-53

Group discounts
Considerable discounts are available for multiple purchases (30+ users) of this course. To simplify company-wide implementation, you can also host this e-learning course on your company’s Learning Management. Please contact us for more information.

Course format

  • This self-study e-learning course requires approximately 20 hours of study, to be completed within 6 months from the purchase date (enrollment validity).
  • After the enrollment validity expires, the users will not have access to the course content and will not be able to take the exam/assessment.
  • The recommended level for this course is Intermediate.
  • Student performance will be based on an examination/assessment. Please refer to the Exam Information below for more details.

Registration information

Important: Please note that if you are purchasing courses for more than one person, you must create a User Account for each individual. Registration and payment must be done through each User Account. You cannot use one User Account to purchase courses for multiple individuals. However, you may pay for multiple individuals by one credit card or bank transfer through each individual’s User Account. If you pay by bank transfer, please attach a copy of the bank transfer issued by the sender’s bank to each individual’s order.

Registration

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English
Course fee by user
USD 150

What you will learn

Upon completing this course you will be able to:

  • Plan travel itineraries
  • Read maps using longitude and latitude
  • Use three-letter city and airport codes
  • Market and sell different types of geography based travel (physical, cultural and destination)
  • Understand different modes of transport around the world

Course content

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

  • Marketing and selling geography-based travel
  • Understanding and reading maps
  • Three-letter city codes
  • Planning travel itineraries
  • Currencies and currency codes
  • World time zones
  • Different modes of transport around the world

Who should attend

This course is recommended for:

  • Travel counselors
  • Airline sales and service staff members
  • Tour operators
  • Travel agents

Certificate awarded

Upon successful completion of the exam/assessment, you will be awarded a Certificate that you can print for your records.

Exam/Assessment information

Please read the General Information on Self-study exams.

  • Delivery method: Unsupervised online-based exam. Assessment can be taken at any time at your convenience.
  • Format: 100 multiple-choice questions
  • Time allowance: 2 hours
  • Passing grade: 70% correct answers
  • Number of exam/assessment attempts: 2

Important note: The exam/assessment should be accessed after you have completed the course module. Once you have started the assessment you can no longer access the course module.

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