Youth mobility “has been and always will be very important” to the UK, it has been said by the chair of the British Educational Travel Association.

It will be some time before the market feels the fallout of the near termination of Collective Passports for UK study trips, according to stakeholders.

Education stakeholders in the UK have largely welcomed the government announcement waiving quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers from Europe and the US.

Some 65% of those aged 18-30 in the UK will hold off booking their next trip until a Covid-19 vaccine made available, a survey has suggested.

Youth travellers are choosing competitor destinations over the UK due to their friendly visa policies and work opportunities, according to BETA.

The movement of under-35's to the UK for education boosted the British economy by as much as £18.1bn in 2017, according to new statics released by BETA.

The UK secretary of state for arts, heritage and tourism, Michael Ellis, has said that the importance of the British youth travel sector should be more widely recognised.

Youth and student travellers coming to the UK contribute £22.3bn to the country’s economy, however, with average growth of 4.7% over the last five years, the sector is not keeping pace with the country’s overall tourism market.