Youth Travel is defined as independent trips of less than one year by people aged 15–30. Unlike typical vacations, youth travel is motivated by several factors, including the desire to experience other cultures, build unique life experience, and benefit from formal and informal learning opportunities from other countries, including education or work abroad. Youth travel is also known as a combination of youth , student and educational travel market . See also Adventure Travel Au pair Backpacker tourism Exchange program Higher education Language travel School trips Sports tourism Insurance Flights Student card Summer camp Work abroad Volunteering Student housing Market Overview The youth travel market accounted for over 20\% of all international arrivals in 2014 (equals to 227 million arrivals and US$250 billion). It is estimated that youth and student travel will generate more international arrivals than business travel by the end of this year. A conservative estimate predicts that the youth, student and educational travel market will reach 300 million arrivals by 2020 and represent US $320 billion in market value. Market Trends Youth travel is becoming increasingly more important within global tourism. In the 1990s, it represented 15\% of the tourism market, with it increasing to 20\% in the last decade, and expected to reach 25\% in the near future. Rapidly rising middle class (from current US$ 2 billion to US$5 billion in 2030) and increased access to more disposable income, means more purchasing power – the number of youth travellers is on the rise – in 2012, nearly 30\% of young people described themselves as ”tourists” compared to about 15\% in 2002. Recently, diversification in destinations and source markets has seen growth at the expense of developed countries across all youth travel sectors, incl. student and educational travel market. Tour operators and travel agencies represent an important distribution, booking and promotional channel in youth travel, accounting for up to 80\% of all bookings, with increasing trend of their usage by end customers. There are more than 16,000 student tour operators and travel agencies estimated in this market. 
Youth travel is travel by youth. Unlike typical vacations, youth travel is motivated by several factors, including the desire to experience other cultures, build unique life experience, and benefit from formal and informal learning opportunities from other countries, including education or work abroad. In 2017, the top destinations for youth travel were the United States, Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Thailand, and Austria . The youth travel market accounted for over 20\% of all international arrivals in 2014 (equals to 227 million arrivals and US$250 billion). It is estimated that youth and student travel will generate more international arrivals than business travel by the end of this year. A conservative estimate predicts that the youth, student and educational travel market will reach 300 million arrivals by 2020 and represent US $320 billion in market value. Youth travel is becoming increasingly more important within global tourism. In the 1990s, it represented 15\% of the tourism market, with it increasing to 20\% in the last decade, and expected to reach 25\% in the near future. Rapidly rising middle class (from current US$ 2 billion to US$5 billion in 2030) and increased access to more disposable income, means more purchasing power – the number of youth travellers is on the rise – in 2012, nearly 30\% of young people described themselves as ”tourists” compared to about 15\% in 2002. Diversification in destinations and source markets has seen growth at the expense of developed countries across all youth travel sectors, incl. student and educational travel market. Tour operators and travel agencies represent an important distribution, booking and promotional channel in youth travel, accounting for up to 80\% of all bookings, with increasing trend of their usage by end customers. There are more than 16,000 student tour operators and travel agencies estimated in this market. See also Adventure Travel Au pair Backpacker tourism Exchange program Higher education Language travel School trips Sports tourism Insurance Flights Student card Summer camp Work abroad Volunteering Student housing
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Travel is defined as independent trips of less than one year by people aged 15–30.
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Youth travel is also known as a combination of youth , student and educational travel market
In 2017, the top destinations for youth travel were the United States, Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Thailand, and Austria
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See also Adventure Travel Au pair Backpacker tourism Exchange program Higher education Language travel School trips Sports tourism Insurance Flights Student card Summer camp Work abroad Volunteering Student housing
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$320 billion in market value. Market Trends Youth travel is becoming increasingly more important within global tourism. In the 1990s, it represented 15\% of the tourism market, with it increasing to 20\% in the last decade, and expected to reach 25\% in the near future. Rapidly rising middle class (from current US$
$320 billion in market value. Youth travel is becoming increasingly more important within global tourism. In the 1990s, it represented 15\% of the tourism market, with it increasing to 20\% in the last decade, and expected to reach 25\% in the near future. Rapidly rising middle class (from current US$
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See also Adventure Travel Au pair Backpacker tourism Exchange program Higher education Language travel School trips Sports tourism Insurance Flights Student card Summer camp Work abroad Volunteering Student housing