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MaRKeT anaLySIS




            Change in top nationalities in the uK by student weeks (2011-2021)               2021


                                                                                         21%  Italian
                                                                                         15%  Swiss
                                                                                         13%  Saudi
                                                                                             Japanese
                                                                                          6%
                                           5.5%
               12%  18.4%  21%  4%  3.6%  15%  4%  13%  3%  4.4%  6%  1.2%  0.5%  4%  14%  10%  4%  4%  Qatari
                                                                                             Spanish
                                                                                          4%
              ITaLIan      SWISS        SaudI      JapaneSe     qaTaRI      SpanISH       3%  Chinese
                                                                                          2%   Korean
                                                                                          2%  Russian


                                                How has your business        Change in overall length
                                                changed due to the           of stay (2011-2021)
                                                Covid-19 pandemic?
                                                                              12

                                                                              8
                                                                              4
                                    3%  Closed branches permanently           0
                                  37.5%   Laid off teaching staff                 10 weeks  4.7 weeks  7.5 weeks
                                   41%  Laid off admin staff
                                   47%  Continued to offer online courses
                                   66%  Temporarily closed our school for face-to-face teaching
                                   75%  Taken part in online agent conferences
                                   84%  Received government help to pay staff


            Marketing spend by category


                    TRaveL COSTS                   aGenCy COSTS                  puBLICITy COSTS
             2011                           2011                           2011

              24%                            43%                            33%
               12%  6% 2% 3% 1%                      37%          4% 2%       17%     12%  2% 2%
             2016                           2016                           2016

              42%                            35%                            23%
                 19%       13%  4% 2%  4%         26.5%     4% 4.5%         10%   10%  1%2%
             2021                           2021                           2021

              30%                            29%                            41%
                 18%    7% 3%2%0%                22%     6% 1%                  22%        16%   3%0%
                   Agent workshops                Commission                     Internet
                   Marketing trips                Agency brochures               Own brochures
                   Agency visits                  Incentives                     Magazines for agents
                   Entertainment                                                 Magazines for students
                   Student exhibitions




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