FET COMMON TESTING GUIDE/SCOPE
2025
FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
TEACHERS GUIDE
MARCH COMMON TEST
GRADE 12
SUBJECT TOURISM
PAPER -
DURATION OF THE 1 Hour 30 minutes
PAPER
TOTAL MARKS 100
NUMBER OF 3
QUESTIONS
EXPECTED WORK COVERAGE/TOPICS SUGGESTED
TERM ONE DATES OF
COMPLETION
Global events of international significance 24/01/2025
Political situations and unforeseen occurrences of
international significance 31/01/2025
Tour plans and route planning 07/02/2025
Compiling a day-by-day itinerary 14/02/2025
Compiling a tour budget 21/02/2025
Health and safety 28/02/2025
Travel documentation 07/03/2025
World time zones and calculations of world time 20/03/2025
zones when travelling between countries
Revision and Exams 28/03/2025
JUNE EXAMINATION
SUBJECT TOURISM
PAPER -
DURATION OF THE PAPER 3 HOURS
TOTAL MARKS 200
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 7
EXPECTED WORK COVERAGE/TOPICS
TERM ONE
Global events of international significance
Political situations and unforeseen occurrences of international significance
Tour plans and route planning
Compiling a day-by-day itinerary
Compiling a tour budget
Health and safety
Travel documentation
World time zones and calculations of world time zones when travelling between
countries
NB ALL TOPICS TAUGHT IN TERM 1 TO BE REVISED IN TERM 2
EXPECTED WORK COVERAGE/TOPICS SUGGESTED
DATES OF
TERM TWO COMPLETION
Famous world icons and attractions 11/04/2025
Famous world icons and attractions 17/04/2025
Famous world icons and attractions 25/04/2025
Factors contributing to the success of a tour 09/05/2025
attraction
Foreign market share 16/05/2025
Marketing South Africa as a tourism destination 23/05/2025
Foreign exchange and conversions 30/05/2025
*Professional image in the tourism industry 06/06/2025
*Conditions of employment 13/06/2025
*The purpose and value of a code of conduct 20/06/2025
Revision and exams 27/06/2025
NB: *Topics have been shifted from Term 4 into Term 2. The whole of term
4 will be for the revision.
TRIAL EXAMINATION
SUBJECT TOURISM
PAPER -
DURATION OF THE PAPER 3 HOURS
TOTAL MARKS 200
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 10
EXPECTED WORK COVERAGE/TOPICS
Global events of international significance
Political situations and unforeseen occurrences of
international significance
Compiling a day-by-day itinerary
Health and safety TOPICS TAUGHT
IN TERM
World time zones and calculations of world time
ONE/TWO
zones when travelling between countries.
&
Famous world icons and attractions
REVISED IN
Factors contributing to the success of a tour
TERM 3
attraction
Foreign exchange and conversions
Professional image in the tourism industry
Conditions of employment
The purpose and value of a code of conduct
EXPECTED WORK COVERAGE/TOPICS SUGGESTED
TERM THREE DATES OF
COMPLETION
Forms of payment 25/07/2025
The three pillars of sustainable tourism 01/08/2025
Responsible tourism and tourists 08/08/2025
World heritage sites 15/08/2025
Methods to obtain customer feedback and
measure customer satisfaction 22/08/2025
Revision – grade 11 content 29/08/2025
Revision 05/09/2025
Revision 12/09/2025
Trial Exams 19/09/2025
Trial Exams 26/09/2025
Trial Exams 03/10/2025