Australia international border closure: Contiki domestic trips lure young travellers
Young Australians are ditching their rite-of-passage plans for big overseas trips and spending their savings discovering their own backyard. The youth travel giant Contiki has launched a series of sell-out trips around Australia for the [...]
Full report on the youth tourism industry survey
One year on and the impacts of COVID-19 linger despite vaccinations, domestic marketing initiatives and the promise of international travel bubbles. With no clear roadmap until international borders reopen, many businesses across the inbound youth [...]
One-in-five youth tourism business expect to close
Source: The Courier Mail - Matthew Killoran One in five Queensland youth tourism businesses expect to close when JobKeeper ends, while more than 60 per cent say their future is uncertain the results of a [...]
Nation-wide survey demonstrates devastating impact on Australia’s youth tourism industry post JobKeeper
MEDIA STATEMENT 17 March 2021 For immediate release Australia’s peak body representing the inbound youth tourism industry calls on government as a matter of urgency to act now to protect the future of Australia’s youth [...]
BYTAP nominated in The Global Youth Travel Awards
The Global Youth Travel Awards (GYTAs) formally recognise outstanding performers in across several fields of international youth travel and reward WYSE Travel Confederation members and other stakeholders in the youth, student and educational travel [...]
BYTAP supports the final report for the review into the Working Holiday Maker program
The Joint Committee on Migration has released it's final report for the inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program. BYTAP supports the recommendations of their report and their comments around the importance of the Working [...]
BYTAP supports recommendations made in the Interim Report of the Inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program
In September, the Joint Committee on Migration decided to produce an interim report for the inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program because of the urgent need to address the substantial labour shortages Australia’s agricultural [...]
Joint Media Release – BYTAP and NFF
Farmers have teamed up with the tourism sector to call for a controlled and COVID-safe restart of the Working Holiday Maker (WHM) Program. In pre-COVID times, backpackers could make up to 80% of a farm’s [...]
NFF is also working with the Backpacker and Youth Tourism Advisory Panel to develop a ‘COVIDsafe pathway’ proposal.
The NFF is also working with the Backpacker and Youth Tourism Advisory Panel to develop a ‘COVIDsafe pathway’ proposal which would allow working holiday makers from countries with low infection rates to enter Australia in [...]
BYTAP Submission – Working Holiday Maker Program
On June 24th, The Joint Standing Committee on Migration launched an inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker program to ensure it is working effectively to support the tourism, health care and agriculture sectors during the [...]
Working Holiday Makers to be considered for re-entry to Australia
Media statement; 25 June 2020 In the light of recent announcements about international students being considered for re-entry to Australia, the Backpacker & Youth Tourism Advisory Panel (BYTAP) – Australia’s peak advocacy group for [...]