Table of Contents
Introduction
Executive Summary
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- Post-war roots
- Gap activities influenced by student finances
- Lower university drop-out rates
- Australia increases length of working holiday visa
- Three key markets: pre-university, career and pre-retirement gaps
- High-value market
- Strong independent market
- Public and private sector recognise importance of gap year travel
- Potential mergers and growth markets in Europe and the US
Definitions and Sources
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- Definitions
- Sources
- Abbreviations
History and Background
Market Influences
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- Introduction
- University fees and loans
- Attitudes towards a gap year
- Competitive airfares
- Low-cost airlines
- Destinations
- Technology
Market Profile
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- Overview
- Pre-university gaps
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- Figure 1: Trend of deferred applicants at UK universities, 1995-2005
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- Figure 2: Trends in deferred accepted applicants, 1994-2004
- Career gaps
- Pre-retirement gaps
- Market size and value
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- Figure 3: Number of trips and value of long-haul UK gap year travel
- Figure 4: Gap trips and expenditure by type of gapper in the UK
Market Segmentation
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- Introduction
- Work placements
- General
- Working holiday visas and programmes
- Australia
- Canada
- Japan
- New Zealand
- UK
- Types of work placements
- Introduction
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- Figure 5: Work undertaken by travellers placed by GAP Australia, 2005
- Camp counsellors
- Boarding schools
- Teaching placements
- Employment in the ‘caring’ professions
- Outdoor placements
- Environmental projects
- Volunteering
- Introduction
- Range of activities
- Countries visited
- Costs
- Expeditions
- Introduction
- Range of activities
- Countries visited
- Types of organisation
- Costs and fundraising
- Courses
- Introduction
- Sports instruction: Flying Fish
- Learning languages: CESA Languages Abroad
- Cooking: Tante Marie
- Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL): TEFL International
- Independent travel
- Overview
- Student and budget air travel
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- Figure 6: Principal airlines in each airline alliance
- Rail travel
- Europe
- Inter Rail
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- Figure 7: Inter Rail prices
- Eurail Selectpass
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- Figure 8: Eurail Selectpass prices (for ten days of travel)
- Other rail passes
- North America
- Australia
- Asia and Japan
- Bus travel
- Europe
- North America
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- Figure 9: Greyhound Bus Discovery Pass prices
- Australia and New Zealand
- Self-drive
- Accommodation
Company Profiles
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- Introduction
- Structured work placements
- Introduction
- BUNAC
- Camp America
- Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
- STA Singapore
- Travellers Worldwide
- The Year in Industry
- Volunteering
- African Conservation Experience
- Changing Worlds
- Coral Cay Conservation Expeditions (CCC)
- GAP Activity Projects Ltd (GAP)
- Gap Challenge/World Challenge Expeditions
- i-to-i
- Outreach International
- Project Trust
- Student Partnerships Worldwide (SPW)
- Teaching & Projects Abroad
- The Leap Overseas Ltd
- VentureCo
- Expeditions
- Introduction
- BSES Expeditions
- Frontier Conservation
- Greenforce
- Madventurer & Sportventurer
- Quest Overseas
- Raleigh International
- Trekforce Expeditions
- Wind Sand & Stars
- Courses
- Introduction
- Flying Fish
- CESA Languages Abroad
- Tante Marie
- TEFL International
- Independent travel
- Introduction
- Trade organisations
- International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC)
- International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
- International Student Surface Travel Association (ISSA)
- Student Air Travel Association (SATA)
- International Association for Student Insurance Services (IASIS)
- International Association for Educational Work Exchange Programmes (IAEWEP)
- Travel agents
- The Internet
Distribution of Gap Year Products
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- Introduction
- Conventions and exhibitions
- Online forums and organisations
- Government gap year campaigns
Outlook
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- Introduction
- Changing market factors
- Large operators move into the market
- Travel technology
- Growth to 2010
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