Research and Education
WYSE Travel Confederation knows youth travel
WYSE Travel Confederation is committed to understanding the ever-changing characteristics, motivations, and needs of young travellers. By gathering and analysing market intelligence, WYSE Travel Confederation helps members to meet the unique and fast-changing needs of the millennial and generation z travel markets.
The WYSE research programme aims to provide the youth travel community with the data and market intelligence it needs to develop the policies, services, and products that make international travel and educational experiences exciting, safe, accessible, and affordable for young people.
New Horizons: The global survey of youth and student travel
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Since its start in 2002, New Horizons has provided insight to travel agents, suppliers, destination marketers, policymakers, and other stakeholders of the travel and tourism industry.
- Who travelled where, why, and for how long?
- How did they plan and book their trips?
- How much was spent during these trips and on what?
Conducted by WYSE Travel Confederation once every five years, New Horizons is the only recurring global survey of the youth travel market.
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Explore our directory and access worthy research and marketing intelligence. Publications are free for WYSE Travel Confederation members.
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New Horizons IV: Work Experience Travel -
New Horizons IV -
STAY WYSE Hostel Booking Sources Report 2017 -
Youth Travel and Canada -
STAY WYSE Booking Sources Report 2016 -
Project Perspectives on the Benefits of Volunteer Travel -
Youth and Student Travel Following the 2016 United States Presidential Election -
Festivals as Youth Tourism Destinations -
Youth Travel and Serbia -
WYSE Brexit Survey summary -
STAY WYSE Hostel Start up Guide -
Global Report on the Power of Youth Travel 2016 -
Beyond the Bed -
Industry Review #7: Pricing II -
Youth Travel in South Africa -
STAY WYSE Booking Sources Report 2015 -
Industry Review #6: Market Development & Marketing -
Festivals and the Millennial Traveller -
Chinese Millennial Traveller -
Young Traveller Opinions on the Ebola Outbreak -
Millennial Traveller II -
New Horizons III: Language Traveller -
Industry Review #5: Data, Statistics & Trends II -
Millennial Traveller -
Industry Review #4: Marketing -
The Youth Travel Accommodation Industry Survey Volume 7 -
New Horizons III: The Student Traveller -
Industry Review #3: Product Development -
Youth Travel Accommodation Usage -
New Horizons III -
Industry Review #2: Pricing -
The Youth Travel Accommodation Industry Review Volume 6 -
The Youth Travel Accommodation Industry Survey Volume 5 -
Industry Review #1: Data, Statistics & Trends -
The Power of Youth Travel -
The Youth Travel Accommodation Industry Survey Volume 4 -
The Youth Travel Accommodation Industry Survey Volume 2 -
New Horizons II – The Young Independent Traveller -
The Youth Travel Accommodation Industry Survey Volume 3
Invest in the future of your business
Answers for your youth travel business
Are you developing a new product, looking for new partners, or launching in a new destination? Wondering how you can attract millennial and generation z travellers? WYSE Travel Confederation can help with bespoke research, analyses and reports commissioned on a project basis.
Current topics and best practices in WYSE webinars
WYSE webinars dig a little deeper into some of the hot topics and issues of youth and student travel. Presenters are professionals from across the industry, covering marketing, technology, distribution, research, and policy issues. They are free resource for members.
WYSE at your next event
WYSE Travel Confederation regularly sends speakers to present at tourism industry events, non-governmental organisations, corporations, and research conferences. Express your interest in inviting a thought leader in youth and student travel to speak at your next event or meeting.
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