Overseas student bonanza

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA–Overseas enrolments in the vocational education and training sector are booming, but universities are still the biggest export revenue earners in the education services sector. New Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reveal education exports totalling $13.7 billion eclipsed tourism by $1.7billion in the past financial year. full story

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  1. International Education in Australia (more valuable than tourism) « ESOL TrendWatch Says:
    November 25, 2008 at 5:53 pm | Reply

    [...] many? How much? According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, international students brought AUD 13.7 billion (USD 8.9 billion)—outstripping tourism by a full [...]

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