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Youth travel anticipating 30% decrease in business for 2020

Findings from WYSE Travel Confederation’s COVID-19 business impact survey indicate travel businesses are anticipating a 30% drop in business for this year.

WYSE workshops – your quick and free source of intel on youth travel at ITB Berlin 2020

These short-format sessions that start at the top of most hours in Hall 4.1/117 at ITB Berlin offer quick and easy insights and know-how on the Gen Z and Millennial travel markets. There’s something for everyone.

Welcome to our new member – Expresso Viagens

Expresso Viagens, founded in the 60s, was the first travel agency to operate in Angola and offer local DMC services and business travel.

In search of the aging backpacker

We’ve been tracking the quintessential youth traveller since 2002 – the backpacker. In 2017, data from WYSE Travel Confederation’s New Horizons Survey of youth and student traveller indicated the trend of a long and slow decline of the backpacker travel identity.

Tourism Leading Other Global Sectors in Advancing Gender Equality, New Report Shows

The publication highlights the progress the global tourism sector has made in advancing gender equality, with key case studies and statistics gathered from around the world.

Sunny days and lively nights attract WYSTC delegates to the buzzing capital of Portugal for business

More than 600 representatives are convening in Lisbon for the 28th World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC).

Presenting the finalists of the 2019 Global Youth Travel Awards

This year, we have received a record-breaking number of submissions for the nominated categories and votes for the consumer-voted awards.

Exports From International Tourism Hit USD 1.7 Trillion

Exports generated by international tourism reached USD 1.7 trillion in 2018, a 4% increase in real terms over the previous year, a new report from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) shows.

“With these non-negotiable factors the guests are rarely disappointed”

An interview with David O’Kelly of SANDEMANs NEW Europe.
Perhaps one of the most well known brands when it comes to guided tours, SANDEMANs NEW Europe is both an industry disruptor and the epitome of the youth travel spirit.

F words dominate millennial travel splurges

It’s food and festivals that are dominating millennial travel splurging and WYSE is bringing these top two F bombs to this year’s WYSE workshop programme at ITB Berlin.

What value can be placed on digital nomads?

Driven by cheap travel, freelance work, the internet, and the sharing economy, a new traveller is emerging: the digital nomad. Why should we care about digital nomads? This and other questions were...

Six millennial and gen Z travel trends we are tracking in New Horizons IV

The newly released New Horizons IV Report offers a comprehensive, global perspective on the under-30 travel market and its evolution since 2002.