TRAVELS FORM THE JEUNESSE ...

TRAVELS FORM THE JEUNESSE ...

Why young people are undertaking they travel and what do they take? As they leave to see the world, work or study, have fun and meet people, young travelers come back with much more than achieving their original objectives. Their journeys open their new horizons, develop their confidence in them and, most importantly, towards to show more tolerance and trust cultures and different peoples of their own. 

There are no set guidelines for the youth market: everyone has different age groups. It is also increasingly difficult to link the concept of "youth" at specific ages since on the one hand, young people are traveling more and earlier and, on the other hand, they study longer, marry later and remain "young" longer. The most inclusive age group is that of people aged 16-35 years. 

This analysis presents the motivations and benefits regarding youth travel from a study by the World Tourism Organization, which itself takes surveys conducted by World Youth Student & Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation. Questionnaires were sent to customers of some 550 member companies of this group. The latter are interested in youth tourism; they offer exchange programs, hosting youth, Student Flights, travel insurance, student cards and language programs. Members of WYSE Travel Confederation provide services to more than 10 million youth and students each year. The sample of respondents therefore has a higher proportion of individuals participating in an exchange program, study or work abroad for all young people who travel.

WHAT ARE THEIR MOTIVES?

The motivations that lead young people to travel are multiple and change over time. Learn about other cultures remains essential in years, but increase their knowledge, learn about yourself and interact with other people turn out stronger motivations in 2007 than in 2002 also have a good time with friends and visit relatives or friends seem a little less in 2007 than in 2002 noted that for these data and subsequent, it is possible that the results are biased due to the breakdown of the origin of respondents differs in 2002 and 2007.

Comparing the motivations of travelers before they leave with what they feel they have accomplished during their journey, there is so obvious that most of their aspirations were achieved or even exceeded (Figure 2).

QUELS BÉNÉFICES EN RETIRENT-ILS?

Besides achieving the initial objectives, young travelers remove other benefits of their journey: 

developing a thirst for travel again (81%); 

opening their horizons (74%) and spirit (72%); 

greater flexibility (71%); 

greater confidence (70%); 

better tolerance (62%). 

In addition, 29% of young people consider to have become a new person on their return travel. They overcome many personal and professional challenges that vary according to their origins, but give them a sense of accomplishment. 

Contact with the local population is essential to the discovery of a culture and knowledge of a destination. A proportion of 71% of respondents had a level of regular contact or high with the local population, 74% with co-workers and 64% with other travelers.