Hostel Stays in England and Wales Up by 1/3

YHA UK is reporting that overnight stays are up. HI-USA reported the same.

Online reservations for overnight stays in youth hostels in England and Wales have increased by nearly a third, bucking the credit crunch, it was revealed.

Hostelling International, covering youth hostel associations in more than 80 countries, said 87,123 overnight stays in England and Wales were booked on its website in 2008, a rise of 31% on the year before.

The figures were part of a total of nearly 1.4 million overnight stays in more than 4,000 youth hostels across the world booked on the website last year.

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