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Youth Hostels :a spirited centennial

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Published on 11/05/10 - Updated on 17/03/22

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The concept of the youth hostel has just celebrated 100 years but is doing beautifully. The world of YHs is even experiencing a second childhood with the appearance of new players who are riding the wave of steady growth of youth tourism and plans to attract the Generation Y into its nets. These players are moving away from the non-commercial, associative original model of the International Youth Hostel Federation, to align with budget hotels. Does new competition lie on the horizon?

Constantly on the road… Thanks to the multiplication of cheap travel solutions, starting with low cost flights, the youth of the world wander everywhere. Backpackers on sabbatical, itinerant backpackers: this tourist market is unaffected by the crisis. According to the annual study by the Youth...

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