Find a Tourism and Travel Services qualification
These ten qualifications can be accessed through the links below or by searching for the qualification reference number or title.
New Zealand Certificate in Tourism (Introductory Skills) (Level 2) (40 credits) Ref: 2198 Due review 2027
New Zealand Certificate in Tourism (Level 3) with strands in Aviation, Tourism and Travel, and Visitor Experience (40-60 credits) Ref: 2199 Due review 2025
New Zealand Certificate in Tourism (Level 4) (60 credits) Ref: 2202 Due review 2025
New Zealand Certificate in Tour Guiding (Level 4) (45 credits) Ref: 2203 Due review 2024
New Zealand Certificate in Travel (Level 4) (60 credits) Ref: 2204 Due review 2026
New Zealand Certificate in Travel (Level 5) (60 credits) Ref: 2205 Due review 2026
New Zealand Diploma in Tourism and Travel (Level 5) (120 credits) Ref: 2206 Due review 2025
New Zealand Diploma in Tourism and Travel (Level 6) (120 credits) Ref: 2207 Due review 2025
New Zealand Certificate in Tourism Conventions and Incentives (Level 4) (60 credits) Ref: 2208 Expired December 2023
New Zealand Diploma in Tourism Conventions and Incentives (Level 5) with strands in Conference Organisation, Convention Bureaux, Incentives Planning, and Venue Sales and Operations (120 credits) Ref: 2209 Expired December 2023
Find a Tourism standard
Browse for Service Sector > Tourism unit standards here:
Adventure Tourism Due review 2027
Cook Island Tourism Due review 2027
Horse Trek Guiding Expiring December 2025
Tourism Conventions and Incentives Expired December 2023
Travel Due review 2025
Visitor Information Due review 2028
Visitor Interpretation Due review 2028
Visitor Services Due review 2027
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View a pathways map for the Tourism and Travel qualifications [DOCX, 82 KB].
Search Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs) here – for Tourism and Travel see CMR 112 and CMR 0078.
2024 Review of suite of Tourism and Travel Qualifications. Here is the link to the April 2025 Change Report on the NZQA website.
2024 Review of Tour Guiding qualification (Level 4). Here is the link to the May 2024 Review of the NZ Tour Guiding qualification change report on the NZQA website.
2022-2023 Review of Tourism Visitor Information and Visitor Interpretation unit standards. The nine Visitor Information and five Visitor Interpretation has been reviewed. Here is the link to the August 2023 change report on the NZQA website.
2022 Review of NZ Certificate in Tourism (Introductory Skills) (Level 2) qualification. A new 40 credit version was published. Here is the link to the March 2023 change report on the NZQA website.
2022 Review of Tourism Conventions and Incentives (Level 4-5) qualifications. The qualifications (Ref 2208 and 2209) expired December 2023. Here is the link to the August 2022 Review of Tourism Conventions & Incentives qualifications change report on the NZQA website.
2020 Review of Travel qualifications (Level 4-5). The qualifications (Ref 2204 and 2205) were reviewed in 2020-21. Here is the link to the February 2021 Review of Travel qualifications change report on the NZQA website. See the Tourism section for the review of the Level 5 and 6 Tourism and Travel Diplomas.
2020 Review of Tourism qualifications (Level 3-6). Here is the link to the February 2020 Review of Tourism qualifications change report on the NZQA website.
2024 Revision of Visitor Services standard 33213. Here is the link to the November 2024 revision of Visitor Services 33213 Unit Standard Change report on the NZQA website.
2024 Revision of Visitor Services standard 24731. Here is the link to the November 2024 revision of Visitor Services 24731 Unit standard Change report on the NZQA website.
2024 Revision of travel insurance standard 18220. Here is the link to the August 2024 revision of travel insurance standard 18220 Unit Standard Change report on the NZQA website.
2022 Review of Visitor Services standards. Here is the link to the April 2023 Level 2-3 change report and Level 4-6 change report on the NZQA website.
2022 Review of Cook Islands Tourism unit standards. The nine unit standards in this domain were reviewed with minor changes. Here is the link to the October 2022 Review of Cook Island Tourism unit standards change report on the NZQA website.
2022 Review of Adventure Tourism and Horse Trek Guiding unit standards. The nine unit standards were reviewed in 2022, resulting in several expiring and one new replacement standard created. Here is the link to the March 2023 Review of Tourism unit standards change report on the NZQA website.
2022 Review of Tourism Conventions and Incentives unit standards. The 36 unit standards expired in December 2023. Here is the link to the September 2022 Review of the Conventions and Incentives unit standards change report on the NZQA website.
2020 Review of Travel unit standards. The 56 Level 3-5 travel unit standards were reviewed, with some significant changes. Here is the link to the November 2020 Review of Travel unit standards change report on the NZQA website.
2017 Review of Visitor Interpretation unit standards. The five Visitor Interpretation unit standards were reviewed with minor changes. Here is the link to the April 2017 Review of Visitor Interpretation unit standards change report on the NZQA website.
2017 Review of Visitor Information unit standards. The nine Level 3-5 Visitor Information unit standards were reviewed with minor changes. Here is the link to the February 2017 review of Visitor Information unit standards change report on the NZQA website.
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