16 years
On a lighter note:
"Ho!Bart" was the name of the kitchen staff hardcore punk band of Munich´s YHI hostel, where I worked in 1993. The band was named after the industrial dishwasher in the hostel kitchen.
Tasmania Hostel to Close Next Week
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The Transit Centre Backpackers hostel in Hobart is closing next Saturday. Another hostel called Allports Backpackers apparently also closed last year.
The article suggests that there will be a shortage of hostel beds in Hobart during the summer...
I haven't been there, but there are some nice photos of Hobart on Wikipedia.
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16 years
Yet another example... why backpacker hostels are not in favour of "flashpackers". :(
16 years
I was in Hobart around a month ago reviewing hostels for the next edition of the BUG guidebook and heard rumours that it was soon to close and this article: http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23414484-3462,00.html confirms it.
Since I last visited Hobart three years ago, four hostels closed and three new ones opened; although that includes one that opened and closed during that period.
This hostel improved quite a lot since the last time I saw it, but it was hardly a top hostel. The reason it is closing is because of the building's new owners rather than the tourism market - that's something that is out of their control.
Just shows that leasing - rather than owning - the building gives you no security.
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