Page 17 - StudyTravel Magazine May 2025 Issue
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ANNUAL AGENCY





         SURVEY




         SPECIAL REPORT                                                  KEY


         Agency business increased across all sectors                         AGENT CONFERENCES
         between 2023 and 2024, with secondary                                DIRECT CONTACT
         placements increasing the most last year.
         The UK proved to be the most popular                                 INTERNET
         destination with students for all sectors,                           STUDENT FAIRS
         as Bethan Norris reports.
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           LANGUAGE  SECONDARY  TERTIARY  ASSOCIATED


         Change in % share of overseas HE students by top                KEY POINTS
         destinations between 2019 and 2024

         2024                                                             345 (358 in 2023)
                                     47
                                     47
                                     47        % % %                     Total number of agencies who
                                     47
                                     47
                              10
                              10
                              10
                              10
                              10  % % % % %                              took part in our survey in 2024
                              10
                      CANADA                        UK
                               9 9 9 9 9 9 % % % % %  9 9 9 9 9 9 % % % % %  221,354 (171,685 in 2023)
                         USA               AUSTRALIA                     Total number of students sent on
                                                                         study courses overseas
         2023
                                      38
                                      38
                                      38
                                      38
                                      38
                                      38
                                      38
                                      38
                                      38
                          26
                          26
                          26
                          26
                          26
                          26     % % % %  38  % % % % %                  Average length of stay for
                          26
                          26
                          26
                                                                          11.6 (12 in 2023)
                 CANADA                           UK                     language students in weeks
                             11
                             11   % % %  9 9 9 9 9 9 % % % % %
                             11
                             11
                             11
                         USA               AUSTRALIA                      +7%
                                                                         Increase in overall agency
         2019                                                            business between 2023 and 2024
                                      27
                                      27
                                      27
                                      27
                            19
                            19
                            19   % % % % %  27 % % %
                            19
                            19
                            19
                            19
                   CANADA                       UK                        61
                            15
                            15
                            15    % % % %  7 % % %                       Number of countries represented
                            15
                            15
                            15
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                                                                         by our agent participants
                       USA                    AUSTRALIA
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