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Hostelling International USA (HI USA), also known as American Youth Hostels, Inc. (AYH), is a nonprofit organization that operates youth hostels and runs programs around those hostels. It is the official United States affiliate of Hostelling International (HI), also known as the International Youth Hostel Federation.
Hostelling International (HI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation working with UNESCO and the World Tourism Organisation UNWTO. Formerly known as the International Youth Hostel Federation, Hostelling International has 60 member associations operating over 2,650 hostels around the world. [1]
The Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) is a charitable organisation, registered with the Charity Commission, providing youth hostel accommodation in England and Wales. It is a member of the Hostelling International federation.
The International Youth Hostel Federation (now Hostelling International) was founded in October 1932. It is now an organization composed of more than 90 hostel associations representing over 4,500 hostels in over 80 countries. These hostels cater more to school-aged children, sometimes through school trips, and families with school-aged children.
The following is a list of youth organizations. A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for minors . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In this list, most organizations are international unless noted otherwise.
The Plan for constructing youth hostels by YHAI was taken up and the first Youth Hostel built with its own resources on a donated piece of land was a small 35-bed youth hostel at Jagjit Nagar near Kasauli. An international camp of volunteers helped to construct its foundation. Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha was the next one built by YHAI in 1961.
In 1946, the YHA Victoria organisation challenged the Government of Victoria National Fitness Council over funds allocated for the establishment of camps and youth hostels but it was explained that the YHA organisation was not the only organisation entitled to the funding as "other organisations had taken to running ... youth hostels". [8]
Hostelling Scotland is a self-funding charitable organisation, and as a not-for-profit business invests all surplus back into the organisation, both to develop the network and to improve older hostels. [citation needed] Today it faces competition from the more numerous independent hostels, and from rural hotels which provide bunkhouse ...