ASTA Free Guide to Becoming a Travel Advisor Sees Thousands of Downloads

September 14th, 2023 at 12:46 PM EDT

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The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) has seen over 12,000 downloads of its Travel Advisor Career Overview guide to becoming a travel agent since it made the resource free.

Previously, ASTA's materials came with a fee, with only about 50 downloads in the five years

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