From the perspectives of a youth travel blogger, volunteer programme organiser, accommodation provider, youth tour operator and youth travel agent we offer a look into the age of youth travel and decipher if youth travel is getting younger, or is it just a state of...
Looking to go to Canada on a working holiday visa next year? The application system for the International Experience Canada (IEC) programme has been overhauled, and is now open to submissions from Irish citizens for 2016. The new process should prevent the annual...
It is acknowledged that youth travel contributes significantly to the economic growth and development of many countries around the globe. However, in a world that has again been rocked by devastating terrorist attacks and threats, the major positive cultural and...
Swiss startup TrekkSoft AG, a leading provider of software solutions for tour and activity companies, has recently acquired Acteavo, another software as a service provider for the tour and activity industry. Acteavo was founded in late 2013 in Dublin, Ireland to...
From April 2016, Youth tour operator Topdeck Travel will operate itineraries in Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia. The move is part of a “bigger growth plan” to cater to the demands of the youth travel market and is in line...
The German Youth Council, DNK, and the European Youth Forum have called on Germany to allow young volunteers and pupils to be part of new proposed EU visa rules. The organisations are making this call, along with other German civil society and youth organisations, in...
