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Gap Year Travel - International - July 2005

INTRODUCTION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 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
 DEFINITIONS
 SOURCES
 ABBREVIATIONS
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
MARKET INFLUENCES
 INTRODUCTION
 UNIVERSITY FEES AND LOANS
 ATTITUDES TOWARDS A GAP YEAR
 COMPETITIVE AIRFARES
 LOW-COST AIRLINES
 DESTINATIONS
 TECHNOLOGY
MARKET PROFILE
 OVERVIEW
 PRE-UNIVERSITY GAPS
Figure 1: Trend of deferred applicants at UK universities, 1995-2005
Figure 2: Trends in deferred accepted applicants, 1994-2004
 CAREER GAPS
 PRE-RETIREMENT GAPS
 MARKET SIZE AND VALUE
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
 INTRODUCTION
 WORK PLACEMENTS
General
Working holiday visas and programmes
Australia
Canada
Japan
New Zealand
UK
 TYPES OF WORK PLACEMENTS
Introduction
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
Figure 6: Principal airlines in each airline alliance
Rail travel
Europe
Inter Rail
Figure 7: Inter Rail prices
Eurail Selectpass
Figure 8: Eurail Selectpass prices (for ten days of travel)
Other rail passes
North America
Australia
Asia and Japan
Bus travel
Europe
North America
Figure 9: Greyhound Bus Discovery Pass prices
Australia and New Zealand
Self-drive
Accommodation
COMPANY PROFILES
 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
Introduction
Conventions and exhibitions
Online forums and organisations
Government gap year campaigns
OUTLOOK
 INTRODUCTION
 CHANGING MARKET FACTORS
 LARGE OPERATORS MOVE INTO THE MARKET
 TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY
 GROWTH TO 2010

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