SAVE Tourism Market Report by Type (Scientist, Academic, Volunteer, Education), Sales Channel (Travel Agent, Online), and Region 2025-2033
Market Report I 2025-03-01 I 145 Pages I IMARC Group
The global SAVE tourism market size reached USD 82.8 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 127.7 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 4.93% during 2025-2033. The market is propelled by the increasing environmental awareness among travelers, rise in academic and research opportunities, growth of volunteer tourism, significant technological advancements and accessibility, and favorable government and NGO support.
SAVE is a tourism concept, which adopts an approach that combines the demand for market and supply of four untapped verticals-Scientific, Academic, Volunteer, and Education aimed at tourism. It offers an avenue for learning, exploration, assistance, and personal development. Scientists, researchers, academics, and students often travel to specific locations to study unique ecosystems, conduct field research, collaborate with experts, or present their findings at conferences. Moreover, Academic tourism allows individuals to gain international exposure, broaden their knowledge, and foster cross-cultural understanding. On the other hand, volunteer tourism, also known as voluntourism, combines travel with volunteer work. It involves individuals or groups traveling to different destinations to engage in community-based projects and contribute to social or environmental causes. Besides, education tourism focuses on learning and skill development through travel experiences. It includes various forms of educational travel such as study abroad programs, language immersion courses, cultural exchanges, and vocational training that provides opportunities for personal and professional growth.
SAVE Tourism Market Trends:
The market is primarily driven by the increasing number of international travelers across the globe. In addition, the escalating demand for educational and experiential learning opportunities is a significant driver for these forms of tourism. Students, researchers, and professionals seek travel experiences that allow them to acquire knowledge, gain practical skills, and broaden their perspectives in specific fields of study or interest. Besides, the growing interest in social responsibility and community engagement is also escalating the demand for SAVE tourism. People are increasingly seeking opportunities to contribute their skills, time, and resources to support social, environmental, and humanitarian causes, both domestically and internationally. Moreover, the implementation of favorable government policies, grants, and incentives is also influencing the market growth. Governments around the world are recognizing the value of scientific research, academic collaborations, volunteer work, and educational exchange and providing funding, scholarships, and streamlined visa processes to encourage participation and engagement. This, coupled with various advancements in technology, especially in the areas of connectivity and digital communication is contributing to market growth. Online platforms, e-learning tools, and virtual collaborations enable researchers, students, and volunteers to connect with institutions, communities, and opportunities across the globe, overcoming geographical barriers. Furthermore, various companies are offering innovative services to SAVE travelers that offer invaluable knowledge and research depending upon their assets and capabilities, thus creating a favorable market outlook across the globe.
Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each segment of the market, along with forecasts at the global, regional, and country levels for 2025-2033. Our report has categorized the market based on type and sales channel.
Type Insights:
- Scientist
- Academic
- Volunteer
- Education
The report has provided a detailed breakup and analysis of the SAVE tourism market based on the type. This includes scientist, academic, volunteer, and education. According to the report, academics represented the largest segment.
Sales Channel Insights:
- Travel Agent
- Online
A detailed breakup and analysis of the SAVE tourism market based on the sales channel has also been provided in the report. This includes travel agent and online. According to the report, travel agent accounted for the largest market share.
Regional Insights:
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Others
- Middle East and Africa
The report has also provided a comprehensive analysis of all the major regional markets, which include North America (the United States and Canada); Europe (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, and others); Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, and others); Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and others); and the Middle East and Africa. According to the report, Europe was the largest market for SAVE tourism. Some of the factors driving the Europe SAVE tourism market included the changing travel preferences, the escalating demand for educational tourism and the implementation of favorable government initiatives.
Competitive Landscape:
The report has also provided a comprehensive analysis of the competitive landscape in the global SAVE tourism market. Detailed profiles of all major companies have been provided. Some of the companies covered include Abta Ltd., Attitude Hospitality Ltd., Bookdifferent, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Fair Trade Tourism, The travel foundation, Tui Group, etc. Kindly note that this only represents a partial list of companies, and the complete list has been provided in the report.
Key Questions Answered in This Report:
- How has the global SAVE tourism market performed so far, and how will it perform in the coming years?
- What are the drivers, restraints, and opportunities in the global SAVE tourism market?
- What is the impact of each driver, restraint, and opportunity on the global SAVE tourism market?
- What are the key regional markets?
- Which countries represent the most attractive SAVE tourism market?
- What is the breakup of the market based on the type?
- Which is the most attractive type in the SAVE tourism market?
- What is the breakup of the market based on the sales channel?
- Which is the most attractive sales channel in the SAVE tourism market?
- What is the competitive structure of the market?
- Who are the key players/companies in the global SAVE tourism market?
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global SAVE Tourism Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Type
6.1 Scientist
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Academic
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
6.3 Volunteer
6.3.1 Market Trends
6.3.2 Market Forecast
6.4 Education
6.4.1 Market Trends
6.4.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Sales Channel
7.1 Travel Agent
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Online
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Region
8.1 North America
8.1.1 United States
8.1.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.1.2 Market Forecast
8.1.2 Canada
8.1.2.1 Market Trends
8.1.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Asia-Pacific
8.2.1 China
8.2.1.1 Market Trends
8.2.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2.2 Japan
8.2.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2.3 India
8.2.3.1 Market Trends
8.2.3.2 Market Forecast
8.2.4 South Korea
8.2.4.1 Market Trends
8.2.4.2 Market Forecast
8.2.5 Australia
8.2.5.1 Market Trends
8.2.5.2 Market Forecast
8.2.6 Indonesia
8.2.6.1 Market Trends
8.2.6.2 Market Forecast
8.2.7 Others
8.2.7.1 Market Trends
8.2.7.2 Market Forecast
8.3 Europe
8.3.1 Germany
8.3.1.1 Market Trends
8.3.1.2 Market Forecast
8.3.2 France
8.3.2.1 Market Trends
8.3.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3.3 United Kingdom
8.3.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.3.2 Market Forecast
8.3.4 Italy
8.3.4.1 Market Trends
8.3.4.2 Market Forecast
8.3.5 Spain
8.3.5.1 Market Trends
8.3.5.2 Market Forecast
8.3.6 Russia
8.3.6.1 Market Trends
8.3.6.2 Market Forecast
8.3.7 Others
8.3.7.1 Market Trends
8.3.7.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Latin America
8.4.1 Brazil
8.4.1.1 Market Trends
8.4.1.2 Market Forecast
8.4.2 Mexico
8.4.2.1 Market Trends
8.4.2.2 Market Forecast
8.4.3 Others
8.4.3.1 Market Trends
8.4.3.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Middle East and Africa
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
8.5.3 Market Forecast
9 Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
9.1 Overview
9.2 Drivers
9.3 Restraints
9.4 Opportunities
10 Value Chain Analysis
11 Porters Five Forces Analysis
11.1 Overview
11.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
11.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
11.4 Degree of Competition
11.5 Threat of New Entrants
11.6 Threat of Substitutes
12 Price Analysis
13 Competitive Landscape
13.1 Market Structure
13.2 Key Players
13.3 Profiles of Key Players
13.3.1 Abta Ltd.
13.3.1.1 Company Overview
13.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.2 Attitude Hospitality Ltd
13.3.2.1 Company Overview
13.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.3 Bookdifferent
13.3.3.1 Company Overview
13.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.4 Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit
13.3.4.1 Company Overview
13.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.5 Fair Trade Tourism
13.3.5.1 Company Overview
13.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.6 The travel foundation
13.3.6.1 Company Overview
13.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.7 Tui Group
13.3.7.1 Company Overview
13.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.7.3 Financials
13.3.7.4 SWOT Analysis
Kindly note that this only represents a partial list of companies, and the complete list has been provided in the report.
Figure 1: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Billion USD), 2019-2024
Figure 3: Global: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 4: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Breakup by Type (in %), 2024
Figure 5: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Breakup by Sales Channel (in %), 2024
Figure 6: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
Figure 7: Global: SAVE Tourism (Scientist) Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 8: Global: SAVE Tourism (Scientist) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 9: Global: SAVE Tourism (Academic) Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 10: Global: SAVE Tourism (Academic) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 11: Global: SAVE Tourism (Volunteer) Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 12: Global: SAVE Tourism (Volunteer) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 13: Global: SAVE Tourism (Education) Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 14: Global: SAVE Tourism (Education) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 15: Global: SAVE Tourism (Travel Agent) Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 16: Global: SAVE Tourism (Travel Agent) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 17: Global: SAVE Tourism (Online) Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 18: Global: SAVE Tourism (Online) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 19: North America: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 20: North America: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 21: United States: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 22: United States: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 23: Canada: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 24: Canada: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 25: Asia-Pacific: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 26: Asia-Pacific: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 27: China: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 28: China: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 29: Japan: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 30: Japan: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 31: India: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 32: India: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 33: South Korea: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 34: South Korea: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 35: Australia: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 36: Australia: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 37: Indonesia: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 38: Indonesia: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 39: Others: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 40: Others: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 41: Europe: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 42: Europe: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 43: Germany: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 44: Germany: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 45: France: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 46: France: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 47: United Kingdom: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 48: United Kingdom: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 49: Italy: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 50: Italy: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 51: Spain: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 52: Spain: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 53: Russia: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 54: Russia: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 55: Others: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 56: Others: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 57: Latin America: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 58: Latin America: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 59: Brazil: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 60: Brazil: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 61: Mexico: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 62: Mexico: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 63: Others: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 64: Others: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 65: Middle East and Africa: SAVE Tourism Market: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 66: Middle East and Africa: SAVE Tourism Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2024
Figure 67: Middle East and Africa: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Figure 68: Global: SAVE Tourism Industry: Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
Figure 69: Global: SAVE Tourism Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 70: Global: SAVE Tourism Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
Table 1: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 & 2033
Table 2: Global: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Breakup by Type (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Table 3: Global: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Breakup by Sales Channel (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Table 4: Global: SAVE Tourism Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million ?????????????????????USD), 2025-2033
Table 5: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Competitive Structure
Table 6: Global: SAVE Tourism Market: Key Players
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