Industry Impact
Manchester, United Kingdom — 22-25 September 2009The power of youth travel

Social and economic impact
- Youth are a positive force in society and have enormous potential for contributing to the development and advancement of societies;
- Youth, student and educational travel provides a strong vehicle to foster cultural understanding, social interaction and peace;
- Young people can be a major force for social and economic development in the destinations they visit;
- The impact of youth travel in developing countries is particularly important, given the propensity of many young travellers to engage in volunteering programmes and development projects;
- The youth travel market demonstrates relative resilience in times of political and civil unrest, disease or natural disasters;
For young individuals travel is:
- a form of learning
- a way of socialising
- a form of discovering other cultures
- a means of self-development
- a source of career development
Economic
- Youth are a positive force in society and have enormous potential for contributing to the development and advancement of societies;
- Youth, student and educational travel provides a strong vehicle to foster cultural understanding, social interaction and peace;
- Young people can be a major force for social and economic development in the destinations they visit;
- The impact of youth travel in developing countries is particularly important, given the propensity of many young travellers to engage in volunteering programmes and development projects;
- The youth travel market demonstrates relative resilience in times of political and civil unrest, disease or natural disasters;
For young individuals travel is:
- a form of learning
- a way of socialising
- a form of discovering other cultures
- a means of self-development
- a source of career development