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Following the launch of youth hostel associations in several European countries between 1930 and 1932, the idea spread across the Atlantic Ocean. Canada was slightly ahead of the United States, and the Canadian Youth Hostels Association was founded in 1933 [1] (the American Youth Hostels Inc was not formed until 1934 [2]).
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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 1980s marked a decade a growth for American Youth Hostels. Major association hostels were opened in Boston, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Seattle and Washington, DC. In 1986, AYH approved its first strategic plan which affirmed the importance of AYH hostels in major cities, as well as membership growth and hostel based programming.
The first Youth Hostel Association formed in Australia was YHA Victoria, stemming from a inaugural public meeting in Melbourne town hall on 4 September 1939, follow-up meetings of an organising council, a conference on 18-19 May 1940 and eventually the constitution of an association on 30 September 1940.
Youth Hostels Association may refer to: YHA Australia; Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) Scottish Youth Hostels Association; Youth Hostels Association of India; Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand; Hostelling International, an international federation of national youth hostel associations
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The Youth Hostels Association of Northern Ireland was formed in 1931, [2] around the same time as the Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) YHA(E&W) and the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (SYHA). All three arose from a slightly earlier proposal to form the Youth Hostel Association of Great Britain.