‘Study in Estonia’: the strategic implications of hosting international students on Estonia’s tourism economy

Jeff Jarvis

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2020, vol. 51, issue 2, 261-274

Abstract: In the context of increasing global mobility, international university students have previously been identified as a high yield and beneficial visitation market. A quantitative study of 289 short-term international university students in Estonia confirmed that they are high-yield, long-staying, low-leakage, counter-seasonal visitors who stimulated significant visiting friends and relatives tourism. The economic benefits derived from these students spread throughout Estonia and the wider Baltic tourism economy. Strategically, they demonstrated a strong capacity to generate positive word of mouth and become brand ambassadors, assisting in the rebranding of ‘post-Soviet’ tourism economies with limited marketing resources such as Estonia.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2018.1439847

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