Aug 18th, 2010
China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy
China is the right place, right now, for the global tourism industry – precisely why the World Youth & Student Travel Conference is coming to Beijing this October. After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States, according to government figures [...]
Mar 24th, 2010
UNWTO: China may surpass France as top tourist destination by 2015
China will surpass France as the largest tourist destination by 2015, according to a senior official with the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The number of incoming tourists has been growing fast, and the country has great potential to be the No. 1 tourist destination by then, said Taleb Rifai, secretary general of the UNWTO. [...]
Aug 3rd, 2009
Backpackers take green vacations on European farms
Backpackers pining for European adventure have discovered life on the farm, shoveling manure, feeding pigs and making butter as a recession-beating way to sate their wanderlust. Their ticket to an earthy taste of the Old Continent is an innovative Web site that connects travelers with a network of organic farms stretching from Portugal to Turkey [...]
Jun 4th, 2009
ISIC and Rail Europe promotion
Rail Europe has come up with an innovative promotion for ISIC card holders.
Jun 2nd, 2009
Updated Statistics: Volunteering in the USA and Abroad
A couple weeks ago, I (Sarah Van Auken) wrote two blog entries regarding domestic and international volunteering statistics. Over the past two days, I combed through my list of programs, originally set at 600 even, and whittled it down by 151 — I deleted those programs I viewed as “placement” groups, or “repeaters.” This means [...]
May 25th, 2009
Crisis stricken world universities offer incentives for Turkish applicants
International universities that have experienced a decrease in the applications due to the global financial crisis have started campaigns to attract Turkish students. International universities that have experienced a decrease in the size of their student body due to the ongoing global financial crisis have carried out various campaigns to attract Turkish applicants, according to [...]
May 18th, 2009
100 years of hostelling celebrated in 2009
The international hostelling movement was born exactly 100 years ago this year. The anniversary is being celebrated in various ways all over the world by Hostelling International, the only global network of hostel associations.
May 11th, 2009
Send More U.S. Students Abroad
More international exchange is what young Americans need and want. As much as the Internet and telecommunications now link the world, these are no substitute for real human interaction and submersion into other cultures. The U.S. is lagging in the person-to-person contact we need to maintain our economic and political standing in the world.
May 7th, 2009
Higher Education on the Move
An estimated 2.9 million students worldwide are pursuing their educations outside their home countries, a 57 percent increase since 1999. At a round table discussion at the Institute of International’s Education’s Washington offices Tuesday, coinciding with the release of the institute’s new book, Higher Education on the Move: New Developments in Global Mobility, participants discussed [...]
May 7th, 2009
Study abroad opens world of opportunity
Snorkeling in Australia, discussing art history outside a Paris sidewalk café, hiking through a Costa Rican rainforest — these are possible in a college students’ daydreams or for someone who signed up to study abroad. Students in good academic standing can study in Africa, Europe, Australia, Asia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and more for [...]
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