Tourism Tidbits: Travel As an Educational Tool

Dr. Peter E. Tarlow | May 13, 2024

By Dr. Peter Tarlow In the northern hemisphere, the months of May and June not only represent the dawn of summer but the end of the academic year and the start of tourism’s high season.  From the tourism industry’s perspective as the academic year wanes, tourism enters into its high seasons. It is also at this time of the year that new tourism educational opportunities begin to emerge. Educational tourism is one of the fastest-growing areas of the travel and tourism industry.  It is also one that is too often overlooked by tourism professionals and marketers. Educational tourism is not only for young students.  People of all ages...