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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
James Tapper

40,000 jobs at risk as foreign pupils shun UK language schools

Children on a school trip
Children coming to the UK to study English or on organised school trips used to account for 11% of total annual tourism earnings. Photograph: Kathy deWitt/Alamy

Language schools for foreign students are being “devastated” by a combination of post-Brexit red tape and the impact of the pandemic, threatening the future of a £3.2bn industry, tourism leaders have warned.

A report by the Tourism Alliance said even though the government had ended Covid travel measures, ministers had imposed unnecessary restrictions on children from France, Germany and other EU nations.

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