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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.
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.
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.
Backpacking is a form of low-cost, independent travel, which often includes staying in inexpensive lodgings and carrying all necessary possessions in a backpack. Once seen as a marginal form of travel undertaken only through necessity, it has become a mainstream form of tourism.
In 1947, YHA Victoria and YHA NSW and supporters from other states formed the Australian YHA as a federated body to co-ordinate the state-based YHA organisations and allow the YHA organisation in Australia to be represented in the International Youth Hostelling Federation (now Hostelling International). The Australian YHA could only make ...
The deaths of six tourists sent shock waves through the backpacker scene in Vang Vieng. 'Don't drink the spirits': Laos backpackers avoid shots after suspected poisonings Skip to main content
When the person was in New York City, he used a fake ID with a fake name to check in to Hostelling International New York City, a hostel on Amsterdam Avenue, in the Upper West Side neighborhood of ...
It runs three Hostels and one affiliated Hostel. [3] The hostels are in Belfast, Bushmills and Whitepark Bay (near Ballycastle) and the newly refurbished affiliated hostel is situated in Armagh. All of the hostels provide a range of rooms, including private twins and doubles - and are suitable for individual backpackers, couples, families and ...