Latin American markets strong but global ELT sector recovery mixed
The global ELT industry has had a mixed recovery from the Covid-19, with strong growth from Latin America balanced by a more sluggish return from traditional markets, and prospects for 2024 for the major destinations look challenging, according to a new report.
The Global ELT Annual Report 2024 by industry research organisation Bonard Education examines full-year data on 2023 from eight ELT destinations (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK and the USA), as well as current year visa and enrolment data, and was accompanied by a launch webinar with English Australia , English UK , EnglishUSA and Languages Canada / Langues Canada .
Destination recovery: The eight ELT destinations recovered to 78 per cent of student numbers in 2019 and 85 per cent of student weeks, the authors said.
As previously reported, Ireland was the only destination to surpass 2019 volumes of both students and student weeks in 2023, while Australia topped pre-pandemic student weeks and almost matched student numbers. Malta set a record of student weeks in 2023, while South Africa also came close to full recovery.