BETA

The British Educational Travel Association represents some of the UK's biggest and best known businesses in youth, student & educational travel

[Tourism Alliance @tourismsvoice]

Congratulations to Tourism Alliance member leaders Emma English OBE @BETAUK and @HilaryMcGrady CBE @nationaltrust on their New Year Honours. Very well deserved. 👏

#NewYearHonours #Tourism #VisitorEconomy

[VisitEnglandBiz @VisitEnglandBiz]

Our Chair, @backborwick at @BETAUK Parliamentary reception, highlighting tourism as a growth industry, with a spotlight on youth & education travel. Tourism boosts England’s economy-generating about £76bn a year in domestic visitor spending, driving growth for local communities.

[Wicked Active Learning @WickedUKLearn]

Fabulocious news! ✨💚

We’re thrillified to have won SILVER in the ‘Best Schools Programme’ category at the @BETAUK Awards!

[BETA @BETAUK]

Closer together at Proximity Coach Travel: https://t.co/yqOzdHpoQJ

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

Heading to Europe? ✈️

From October, British travellers may need to scan their passports, provide fingerprints and have their photo taken when entering or leaving Schengen countries.

[Department for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS]

Welcome to @IanMurrayMP who has been appointed Minister of State for DCMS and @SciTechgovuk

[BETA @BETAUK]

EU/UK Agreement on Youth Mobility – an important step forward!

We are pleased to share a major development in UK-EU relations that reflects one of BETA’s long-standing lobbying priorities since Brexit

https://t.co/I12PZaLo5L

[BETA @BETAUK]

Exclusive: Details of Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal revealed https://t.co/nNxmfDOC5I

[BETA @BETAUK]

Immigration White Paper to be published today (Monday 12 May)

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

Whilst low-skilled immigration has soared, training for UK workers has been cut - leaving many out of a job and feeling left behind.

We must act.

Visa thresholds will be returned to degree level - boosting productivity, strengthening the UK economy and supporting growth.

[BETA @BETAUK]

UK poised to agree post-Brexit youth visa scheme in major step towards closer EU ties https://t.co/VhHC6Nqey0

[BETA @BETAUK]

I want our young people to be able to work in Europe, says Rachel Reeves https://t.co/VIxeG8ZDTJ

[BETA @BETAUK]

70 Labour MPs urge Starmer to back youth mobility scheme amid EU trade reset - a time-limited, capped youth visa scheme should be agreed and trade cooperation deepened beyond the government’s current ambitions. https://t.co/wTYLTlWuO4

[BETA @BETAUK]

Strong hints that a rebranded “youth opportunity scheme” will top the EU’s wishlist at next month’s EU-UK summit https://t.co/EPjuKSjGgZ

[BETA @BETAUK]

Travel body accuses government of ‘sabotaging’ UK tourism industry - the government has made “deliberate policy choices” that has created “barriers to travel”. https://t.co/S3NOKvedC6

[BETA @BETAUK]

EU youth mobility scheme could save UK from harm of Trump tariffs, Sadiq Khan says https://t.co/0Q0EYMJmQi

[BETA @BETAUK]

Brexit is shrinking crowds at Britain's biggest art galleries as young Europeans find it harder to visit the UK https://t.co/UzLxZC9Btu

[BETA @BETAUK]

Post-Brexit youth mobility scheme with EU on the table under a different name https://t.co/W5z4H37akO

[BETA @BETAUK]

Cuts to red tape to make great British staycations cheaper - consultation open until 30 June 2025 https://t.co/k3ltJ8rwnm

[BETA @BETAUK]

UK becomes costlier to visit, study in and move to. Here's how much more your visa will cost - https://t.co/FOeIKA9l2t #GoogleAlerts

[BETA @BETAUK]

"Increasing the cost of the ETA adds another barrier, exacerbating the sector’s challenges. Youth travellers are valuable for their economic contribution and for fostering long-term international connections and cultural understanding." https://t.co/0BEtpPxF0T #GoogleAlerts