VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME LEADING TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Hotel and Tourism Programme
Do you like when there is a lot going on all around you? Do you like working with people, and are you interested in languages, travel and other cultures? Then the Hotel and Tourism Programme could be for you. This programme is designed for anyone who wants to work in the hospitality industry in tourism, travel, hotels, meetings and events.
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What you will learn in the Hotel and Tourism Programme
Hospitality and tourism is one of the world's fastest-growing industries. In the Hotel and Tourism Programme, you will learn about the hospitality industry, i.e. the industry that ties together everything that has to do with tourism, travel, hotels, and meetings and events.
Working in the hospitality and tourism industry involves many varied tasks – everything from receiving guests, customers and visitors, using different booking systems to booking or organising and carrying out different types of meetings and events, activities and experiences.
You will develop your interpersonal skills and build a professional relationship with guests, customers and visitors. You will learn to seek, analyse and evaluate information, and to take responsibility and exercise good judgement.
You will learn about good hospitality, service and interpersonal relations, communication, marketing, sales, business enterprise, languages, travel and destinations. You will also learn about planning, organisation, management and finance, as well as people's needs, traditions and service expectations.
You will learn about tourism, travel, hotels, and meetings and events, both national and international.
You will learn about the hospitality industry, both historically and about future opportunities. You will also learn about sustainable development in tourism and about the laws and regulations that exist.
I chose the Hotel and Tourism Programme because it prepares you for working life, so it will be easier for me to find a job when I finish upper secondary school. It was also very interesting to learn more about hotels and tourism; you gain broad knowledge about all sorts of things. I think it's been a fun programme, as we've been on lots of study visits to different places.
Ottilia / Hotel and Tourism Programme
Diploma goals
The diploma goals describe what you should be capable of doing when you graduate from a particular upper secondary school programme.
Diploma goals for the Hotel and Tourism Programme (skolverket.se)
Programme structure
The programme structure shows you which subjects and levels are included in the programme. You can also see how many credits each subject and level covers.
Orientations
The Hotel and Tourism Programme does not have any orientations.
Diploma project
At the end of the Hotel and Tourism Programme, you will carry out a diploma project in your chosen professional field. Through this project, you will demonstrate that you have the knowledge required to start working in your chosen field.
Workplace-based learning
Parts of the programme take place at one or more workplaces for at least 15 weeks. This is known as workplace-based learning (arbetsplatsförlagt lärande, APL). This is an important element of the programme. APL gives you the opportunity to use the knowledge you gained through school and put it into practice. It gives you work experience and contacts you can use when looking for a job.
You can do APL in many types of workplaces within the Hotel and Tourism Programme. For example, your placement can be in a more traditional workplace, like a hotel, conference centre or ski resort. Your APL could also be more directly focused on the tourism element, such as placement as an activity leader in a high heights course, in an event organisation or at a theme park. There may also be opportunities to do your APL abroad.
Studying at another site or abroad during upper secondary school
Apprenticeship education
If the school offers upper secondary apprenticeship education within the programme, you can choose this. This means that you gain the same knowledge, but spend at least half of the programme based at one or more workplaces.
About apprenticeship education in upper secondary school
Starting work after the programme and examples of professions
You can start working right after completing the programme.
The professional skills you gain will depend on the combination of subjects and levels you choose from the programme specialisation. Here are some examples of possible professions after completing the Hotel and Tourism Programme.
- Tourism professions
- Tour guide
- Tourist information agent
- Hotel receptionist
- Conference host
- Travel agent
- Hotel manager
For more information on the duties involved in the different professions and forecasts of future job prospects, see the “Hitta yrken A–Ö” (Find professions A–Ö) service.
Hitta yrken A–Ö (Find professions A–Ö)
Further studies after the programme and qualification
Do you want to continue your studies at a college or university after completing the programme? Through the programme, you will meet the general entry requirements for higher education studies. After the programme, you can also study a higher vocational education programme or a programme at a folk high school.
General entry requirements for upper secondary school vocational programme, skolverket.se
Qualification for higher education after the programme
Use the “Behörighetsvisaren” (Qualification indicator) service to see which higher education programmes you may be eligible to apply for after the programme.