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AnnuAl AgenCy Key points

174
survey Total number of agencies who
took part in our survey in 2021
14,505
speCiAl report Total number of students sent
on study courses overseas
After another difficult year in 2021 agents revealed 11.5 WeeKS
another decline in their language travel business. Average length of stay for
Meanwhile higher education and secondary placements language students
were increasing slightly, from a low baseline. Bethan
Norris crunches the numbers on global agency business 2,478
last year.
Total number of students
lAnguAge secondAry tertiAry AssociAted studying on online programmes
13% (17% in 2020)

of agencies sent no students
abroad last year
Change in the volume 45
of agency business Number of countries represented
from 2019 to 2021 by our agent participants

% change in business by sector

40% 41%
30%
27%
25%
22.2%
20% 18.7%
17.7% 18% 18% 14.6%
15%
14% 12.5% 14%
10% 12% 11%
7.8%
5%
0%
-40% -36%
-50% -63%
-84%
-100%
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

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