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December 31, 2009, Thursday
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AUSTRALIA'S international student sector, the third largest export earner, is forecast to see a 20-percent drop in Indian students in 2010, costing US$69.7 million, after a series of attacks on Indian students in 2009.
A study by The Tourism Forecasting Committee released yesterday found that while international tourism numbers were expected to grow by 4.3 percent in 2010, there would be a significant decline in international student arrivals.
It forecast 4,000 fewer Indian students, a fall of 21 percent compared with a 35-percent rise in 2009.
"The resultant loss in economic value to Australia could be as high as A$78 million in 2010 if these enrolments are not filled by other international students," a statement by the Tourism Forecasting Committee said.
The study attributed the fall in Indian student numbers to a spate of attacks on Indian students that cast a shadow over the Australian education industry in mid-2009.
The attacks in Melbourne and Sydney, which police blamed on opportunistic criminals, escalated into a diplomatic issue between Australia and India after some Indian students and Indian media labeled the attacks as racist.
Australia's international student sector is the country's third largest export earner, behind coal and iron ore, totalling A$13 billion (US$10 billion) in 2007-08.
In 2009, there were more than 70,000 Indians studying in Australia. Australia is a major destination for Indian students studying abroad.
Enrolments of Indian students in Australia had increased at an average annual rate of around 41 percent since 2002.
The president of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia, Gautam Gupta, said the forecast drop in Indian students is not as bad as first predicted.
A study by The Tourism Forecasting Committee released yesterday found that while international tourism numbers were expected to grow by 4.3 percent in 2010, there would be a significant decline in international student arrivals.
It forecast 4,000 fewer Indian students, a fall of 21 percent compared with a 35-percent rise in 2009.
"The resultant loss in economic value to Australia could be as high as A$78 million in 2010 if these enrolments are not filled by other international students," a statement by the Tourism Forecasting Committee said.
The study attributed the fall in Indian student numbers to a spate of attacks on Indian students that cast a shadow over the Australian education industry in mid-2009.
The attacks in Melbourne and Sydney, which police blamed on opportunistic criminals, escalated into a diplomatic issue between Australia and India after some Indian students and Indian media labeled the attacks as racist.
Australia's international student sector is the country's third largest export earner, behind coal and iron ore, totalling A$13 billion (US$10 billion) in 2007-08.
In 2009, there were more than 70,000 Indians studying in Australia. Australia is a major destination for Indian students studying abroad.
Enrolments of Indian students in Australia had increased at an average annual rate of around 41 percent since 2002.
The president of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia, Gautam Gupta, said the forecast drop in Indian students is not as bad as first predicted.
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