The essential global youth travel industry event
A new charity donation project has been launched at WYSTC 2011, to enable delegates to “give back” to the Barcelona community and to serve as a legacy of the WYSTC 2011 conference. WYSTC will be used as a platform to … Read
This year has been designated the EU-China Year of Youth with a view to “further promoting and deepening partnership between Europe and China.” Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Wang Xiao, President of the All-China Youth Federation, … Read
Once a year, professionals in the youth, student and educational travel industry gather at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) to formulate partnerships, strengthen business relationships and discover the latest youth trends both globally and regionally. This autumn’s … Read
WYSE Work Abroad, a sector association of WYSE Travel Confederation, is forming an advocacy group specifically for Russia, in response to recent news that the US State Department is looking into changing the J-1 visa application process and possibly exclude … Read
The world’s largest student, youth and budget travel organisation STA Travel has just announced a new partnership with global voluntourism organisation, Planeterra. STA Travel is committing US $1 million over five years to a responsible tourism program led by Planeterra, … Read
Over 550 CEO’s and leaders from over 350 international youth and educational travel companies gathered in Beijing recently for the sector’s most important trade event of the year: the World Youth & Student Travel Conference (WYSTC). With so many global … Read
On Saturday 16th October Beijing’s largest school for the children of migrant workers welcomed nearly 20 WYSTC delegates into their classrooms to give introductory English classes to children aged 8 to 14. Delegates embraced this opportunity to experience first-hand the requirements of … Read
Michelle Obama recently spoke at the commencement ceremony for George Washington University’s class of 2010. She applauded those who “have volunteered and applied to organizations like Teach for America and the Peace Corps in record numbers.” The First Lady highlighted … Read
Thailand has once again been named one of the best places in the world to enjoy a gap year adventure. The south-east Asian nation has been named as the world’s Best Tourist Country by Swedish publication Travel News for the … Read
WYSE Work Abroad has released a Best Practices for Volunteer Programmes handbook. The manual is available to WYSE Work Abroad members only.
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