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mIXED BUSINESS FOR FRENCh AGENTS
French agency association UNOSEL www.unosel.
org, has released its latest member data covering
the January-to-October 2017 period.
The survey was completed by 15 organisers
of educational group trips (VSE); 26 organisers
of language courses (SL), and 15 organisers of
educational stays (SE).
UNOSEL members specialising in voyages requested destination, followed by the USA and
scolaires educatifs (VSE) reported that business Canada. Meanwhile, unaccompanied individual
increased 5.6 per cent up until October 31, 2017, language stays (comprising junior and adult
compared with the same period in 2016. The UK students) decreased by 11 per cent up to the end
was the most requested destination, followed by of October, with the UK again the most requested
Spain and Italy. destination, with Ireland second.
Forecasts for next year look equally as positive Déléguée Générale of UNOSEL, Kseniya
for the VSE sector, with confi rmed bookings for Yasinska, said that after 2015’s terror attacks, the
2018 up 9.3 per cent, UNOSEL said. French outbound group market was now beginning
The number of accompanied language stays to stabilise and recover.
(or school groups) dropped 7.85 per cent up until In November, UNOSEL held its annual congress
October 2017, compared with the same period in in Seville, Spain, where it was joined by Spanish
2016. The UK (down nine per cent) was the most agency association Aseproce.
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