Page 13 - StudyTravel Magazine July/August 2021 Issue

ItAly

AgenCy survey

One result of the Covid-19 pandemic last
year was a more even spread of language study
destinations chosen by Italian students, with
less reliance on the UK and more focus on
continental Europe, according to agencies.

Key poInts
Paolo Barilari 2020
from lingue nel
Mondo talks to Top destinations for 386
us... language students
total number of students placed
“There are three necessary UK overseas by the 10 agencies in
conditions [for students to 36% our 2020 survey
start travelling this year]:
no quarantine on arrival,
implementation of the green pass 121
in Europe – and this should also Spain 18%
be accepted in the UK – and the total number of students placed
availablity of connecting flights Ireland 14% on online courses in 2020
at a reasonable price. We are
reassuring students right now Germany 11%
that only safe destinations and 91%
schools will be offered, and that France 9%
cancellation policies will be much Malta 9% average business decline
softer and flexible." Canada 3% between 2019 and 2020

2019
Brunella 2
Belluomini from Top destinations for
language Data Bank language students agencies sent no students
talks to us... overseas in 2020
UK
“The perfect storm saw the 70%
coincidence of the pandemic and 23%
Brexit to hit the European students
- with the Italian ones at the head, average commission agencies
orphans of Erasmus and of free received from language schools
travel to the UK. We all are using our
energies to start soon again, and
we WILL start again, but nothing 75%
will be like before. One positive the
pandemic can bring is that quality Spain 8% of respondents said that
will prevail with more individual Ireland 7% commission rates stayed
motivated students distributed in Germany 4% the same between 2019
the many good schools." Malta 4% and 2020

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