Denture Venturers' and 'Career Gappers':

A new age for gap year travelLatest research from MINTEL’s Travel and Tourism Analyst shows that older ‘Career Gappers’ and ‘Denture Venturers’ are giving students a run for their money in the multi-billion pound global gap year market. Having only really taken off in the early 1990s, the global gap year market is now worth a substantial £5 billion, accounting for between 1 and 1.5 million trips a year. What is more, by 2010, an estimated 2 million gap year trips will be made by travellers from around the world, with total expenditure more than doubling to a staggering £11 billion.