Table of Contents
Introduction
Data Sources
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- Definitions
Organic Growth of Gap Year Travel
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- Gap genesis
- Emergence of adult gap years
- Career gappers: From fearful employees to fearless travellers
- ‘New-life’ gappers: Baby Boomers rewrite the rule book again
- Gapping for the whole family?
- Industry insight
The Adult Gap Marketplace
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- Recent shifts
- Adult gapper product analysis
- Satiating growing appetites for new experiences
- Work experience: trying out a different work style
- Educational gaps: far from sitting in a classroom
- The travel component
- Volunteering: the ‘give-back gap’
- Sports gaps
- Adult gap product nuances
- Getting a gap experience quicker
- Self-tailored itineraries and experiences
- Flexible, adventuresome and wanting a good night’s sleep
- Targeted services and products supporting adult gappers
- Changes in industry structure: Consolidation trend
Source Markets: Today and Tomorrow
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- Adult gapper behaviours and key factors for growth
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- Figure 1: US professionals who would consider taking a leave from the workforce, 2007
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- Figure 2: Top reasons for not leaving the workforce, 2007
- Permission to leave: Employer sabbatical policies
- UK
- US
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- Figure 3: Top US-based companies offering full-paid sabbaticals, 2008
- Holiday visa programmes: strong incentive for the under-30 crowd
- Connecting with potential gappers: online activity of key markets
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- Figure 4: Online populations by country, 2008 and projected 2011
- Australia
- Canada
- UK
- US
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- Figure 5: US Internet users by age group, 2007-11*
Adult Gap Demand
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- UK
- Market horizon
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- Figure 6: Visits abroad by UK residents, 2003-07
- Figure 7: UK resident population projection by age, in 2006, 2010 and 2015
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- Figure 8: Value of British domestic and abroad travel market, 2003-13*
- US
- Market indicators and outbound travel
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- Figure 9: US resident population projection by age, 2006, 2010 and 2015
- Figure 10: US median household income, by age of householder in 1999, 2004 and 2006
- Figure 11: US age of householder by household income, 2006
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- Figure 12: Outbound travel from the US, 2000-06
- Figure 13: US resident outbound travel, 2002-06
- Horizon and adult gap potential
- Other global adult gap markets
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- Figure 14: Comparison of population age structure for selected countries, 2005 and 2010
- Figure 15: Number of issued passports for Australia, Canada, UK and US, 2002-06
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- Figure 16: Australian outbound trips, 2003-07
Industry Channels: How Adults Get Gap Travel ‘Mojo’
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- Word of mouth
- The evolving role of industry organisations
- Referral portals
- Industry insight
- Shows and Expos
- Industry insight
Industry Suppliers: Variations on a Theme
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- Leading, high-volume, for-profit operators
- Real Gap Experience (UK)
- Industry insight
- i-to-i (UK)
- Gap Year Abroad (CANADA)
- NPOs and NGOs in the tourism business?
- VSO (UK)
- Projects Abroad (UK)
- MondoChallenge (UK)
- Industry insight
- World Teach (US)
- Volunteer Adventures (US)
- Continued growth
- Convergence of players will enable product innovation
- Gaps for the family
- Gaps for the religious
- Unlocking the door to the next big market
- Career gaps for all ages
- Awakening the sleeping giant: US Boomers and gap years
- What really lies ahead?
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