WYSE Travel Confederation supports NAFSA CEO Marlene Johnson’s plea to US presidential candidates to recognize the value and importance of international education. In an official statement issued last week, the association’s board urges presidential candidates...
Rustic Pathways – winner of the Best Youth Tour Operator award at the 2015 Global Youth Travel Awards – is looking forward to a year of helping volunteers and local communities grow. We took some time to catch up with them and find out what the organisation has...
Flight Centre is buying the Irish company Travelonomy Limited which owns the US-based StudentUniverse.com group of companies specialising in student and youth travel. The Australian travel booking company will pay USD 28 million (AUD 39 million). The deal, which...
UK Home secretary Theresa May has announced plans to make UK universities responsible for ensuring their overseas students do not remain in the country after graduating. The procedure would involve using exit data collected at UK airports and other departure points to...
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...
WYSE Travel Confederation and the World Tourism Organization have together announced an updated estimate of the size of the global youth travel market according to which youth and student travellers age 15 to 29 are estimated to represent 23% of international tourist...
