The British Educational Travel Association represents some of the UK's biggest and best known businesses in youth, student & educational travel
Joined October 2009
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BETA retweeted
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
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BETA retweeted
9 Dec 2025
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.
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BETA retweeted
28 Nov 2025
Fabulocious news! ✨💚
We’re thrillified to have won SILVER in the ‘Best Schools Programme’ category at the @BETAUK Awards!
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Closer together at Proximity Coach Travel: cbwmagazine.com/closer-toget…
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BETA retweeted
8 Sep 2025
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.
ALT Graphic with text that reads: Travelling to Europe? From October 2025, The EU will introduce new border checks.
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BETA retweeted
6 Sep 2025
Welcome to @IanMurrayMP who has been appointed Minister of State for DCMS and @SciTechgovuk
ALT A photo of Ian Murray MP. Text on the image reads: RT Hon Ian Murray MP Appointed Minister of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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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
betauk.com/eu-uk-agreement-o…
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Exclusive: Details of Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal revealed independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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Immigration White Paper to be published today (Monday 12 May)
11 May 2025
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.
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UK poised to agree post-Brexit youth visa scheme in major step towards closer EU ties independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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I want our young people to be able to work in Europe, says Rachel Reeves independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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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. theguardian.com/world/2025/a…
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Strong hints that a rebranded “youth opportunity scheme” will top the EU’s wishlist at next month’s EU-UK summit theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Travel body accuses government of ‘sabotaging’ UK tourism industry - the government has made “deliberate policy choices” that has created “barriers to travel”. theguardian.com/business/202…
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EU youth mobility scheme could save UK from harm of Trump tariffs, Sadiq Khan says independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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Brexit is shrinking crowds at Britain's biggest art galleries as young Europeans find it harder to visit the UK inews.co.uk/news/politics/br…
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Post-Brexit youth mobility scheme with EU on the table under a different name independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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Cuts to red tape to make great British staycations cheaper - consultation open until 30 June 2025 gov.uk/government/news/cuts-…
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UK becomes costlier to visit, study in and move to. Here's how much more your visa will cost - goo.gl/alerts/mKg32q #GoogleAlerts
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"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." goo.gl/alerts/XdyV8E #GoogleAlerts
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