YOUTH TRAVEL MARKET IN EUROPE

Youth and student travel is an increasingly___________________

tending to

sector of the travel market — especially in Europe — with young people

more frequently and for longer peri-

ods than those who are older. Around one fifth of all tourists in the world

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are___________________ people aged between 15—25 years, and it is

likely that this will_________________ to 25 % by 2006. The youth

travel market has grown rapidly in recent_______________________________ , with

an increasing number of specialist travel professionals offering

_____________________ products. Young travellers today provide an

important_________________ for the travel decisions of future

____________________ . Although youth travel has been an important

cornerstone of the international travel_____________________________ for

50 years, it is only the_________________________ dramatic growth of the

European student population that has put this market into the spotlight.

The importance of__________________________ tourism as a field of in­terest for policymakers,_____________________________ and travel profession­als was first emphasised at the 1991 World Tourism Organization (WTO)

conference, and is now fully acknowledged by__________________

international and European Union bodies. These include the Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations (F1YTO) — for which young _______________ have always been the spearhead for new de­velopments in tourism, the International____________________ Travel

Confederation (ISTC), the European Youth and Counselling Agency (ERYICA), and the European Union Federation of Youth Hostel Associ­ations (EUFED). They all cater to the needs of a large

_______________________ of the 140 million young people who travel

internationally_______________________________ , 45 % of which travel in

Europe.

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