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On the move

BONARD’s Ivana Bartosik and international education experts discuss

travel trends for English language learners, post-COVID.

neven recovery across destinations in 2023 continues as the As an established model, BONARD’s annual research into the
ELT Travel sector emerges from the pandemic crisis, shaped global ELT sector spans eight destinations – Australia, Canada,
by new trends. Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the USA
U Looking back at the now seemingly distant past, 2022 – and serves as a comprehensive performance benchmark for the
brought mixed recovery. The return to English language student sector. The figures given are based on student weeks. This is because,
mobility was built around three main challenges: capacity issues, in a sector where students can enrol in language centres for between
such as teachers, accommodation, flights, as well as visa application four days to an academic year, or longer, this gives a more accurate
workload; ongoing restrictions in key markets; and increased costs. picture of the student income per market.
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