Heading to Australia and want to learn some of the local language before you go? Check out this cute illustrated guide from Hotel Club of quirky yet common Australian idioms to help you understand what the locals are on about. Enjoying amazing food, attending festivals and visiting the huge array of beaches or museums is easy, but getting to know the local language is a great way to take your understanding of Australian culture to a whole new level.
Even if you’re not heading to Australia any time soon, Australians are some of the most well-traveled people in the world, taking more than eight million overseas trips each year, so you’re likely to encounter plenty of opportunities to try out some of your new language skills no matter where you are.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Language Learning
- Opportunities for language learning apps, services, and platforms that focus on teaching quirky or uncommon idioms and phrases from different cultures and languages.
- Cultural Immersion
- Opportunities for businesses providing cultural immersion experiences such as language exchange programs, homestays, and guided tours that help travelers understand and appreciate local cultures.
- Travel Tech
- Opportunities for travel tech companies that offer integrated language translation services for travelers to easily communicate with locals in foreign countries.
Where This Applies
- Language Learning
- Language learning industry can use these illustrated guides as a template to teach difficult idioms and expressions.
- Tourism
- Tourism industry can use these illustrated guides to attract foreign travelers to local sites in their own country by providing unique language experiences.
- Hospitality
- Hotels, resorts, and other hospitality businesses can use these illustrated guides as a value-add for guests to learn about local language and culture.
