Travel and Tourism Personal Statement Examples

The pilot profession is one of the most fascinating professions that exist. To have the knowledge, the ability as well as the responsibility of an aircraft; To have the passengers trusting you their lives is what attract me the most in this profession...

Commercial Airline Pilot Personal Statement Example

To fly an aeroplane full of people who have entrusted their souls upon your bare hands would be for me the most fulfilling and satisfying feeling I could ever hope to imagine. Ever since the age of four when I first flew on an aeroplane I have been captivated as to how these behemoths can glide at ease...

International Hospitality and Tourism Management Personal Statement Example

My interest in the inner workings of the tourism industry began when my father introduced me to the process of organizing our family holiday at a very young age. As a result of this, I completed an internship at a local musical agency where I got the first glance at different organizational tasks around hotel bookings as well as marketing...

What is a travel and tourism personal statement?

Your travel and tourism personal statement should tell the universities you are applying to all about your strengths, abilities, achievements and career plans.

It should give admissions tutors a good picture of who you are and why you would be a valuable asset to their department.

How do I write a travel and tourism personal statement?

We always recommend starting your travel and tourism personal statement by brainstorming ideas. Your notes should include the following:

hobbies
achievements
coursework you have enjoyed
research projects you have completed
academic results
part-time or Saturday jobs
volunteering
wider reading
extracurricular activities

as well as anything else you can think of that is relevant to your travel and tourism course.

Take a look through our travel and tourism personal statement examples above to give yourself an idea of what a successful statement looks like.

Once you have put together an initial draft, it's a good idea to ask for feedback from family, friends and tutors. They will be able to look at your statement objectively and suggest ways it could be improved.

Incorporate their comments, and ask for further feedback. Don't worry if you have to do this three or four times - it's important you get your statement as perfect as possible before sending it off on your UCAS form.

What shoud I include in my travel and tourism personal statement?

Look at the content of the course and make sure your statement addresses the specific aspects that you enjoy most.
Demonstrate important skillls that are required for a travel and tourism degree, e.g. analysis, research and communication. Talk about how you have developed these, either at school/college, at your job or during hobbies or other activities.
Most applicants spend the opening of their statement talking about why they want to study travel and tourism at degree level. Think carefully about whether there was one particular incident that sparked your interest in this subject, e.g. an exotic holiday abroad as a child, visiting an iconic landmark or flying on an aeroplane for the first time.
Don’t include any over-used phrases or quotes in your statement that university admissions tutors will have seen and heard before.
Now is also not the time for jokes or humour - it often doesn't work well and admissions tutors might not be impressed!
Make sure you've covered everything from hobbies and extracurricular activities to motivations and personal achievements (as long as it's all relevant).
If you get stuck, read our personal statement writing guide and check out our personal statement editing services.

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