MODERATOR'S NOTE: I branched this thread from a previous discussion. --Josh
A hostel in Malaysia that does not allow Malaysians and several other Nationalities to stay. Why open a Hostel in Malaysia when you don't even allow locals to stay?? And the quoted reason was because of the food served. Well, is it a must to eat there when we stay there? Ridiculous !!! Talk about racism & apartheid !!!
12 years
Many places do not allow locals that present nearby IDs, however the requirement of "presentation of foreign citizenship" is a legally questionable area in much the same way traditional hotels would be under scrutiny for requiring US passport.
Requirement/disallowing specific national origin would most likely be a violation of Civil Rights Acts of 1963.
12 years
Transparency,
Thanks for posting that link. From viewing these posts, it's good to know that other US locations have to carefully navigate this issue as well.
10 years
I do not believe it; I first travelled the world in 1984, in those days there were no backpacker hostels I ever come across, I met an israeli and a Palestinian, the 3 of us got on so well; we say at a table one night in a budget motel and drank, we predicted that one day all young people will travel to open their eyes and take the message home. I look at some of these posts and still I see rascism talk, how wrong the 3 of us were!
I am still in the hostel system today, it gets in your blood; right?
www,heavydutybunkbeds.co.uk there is nothing I do not know about hostels but everything I wish for such as young people intergrating as young people not as race.
Come on guys !!!!!
5 years
There are many reasons why locals are not allowed to stay in a hostel. If a local wants to stay in a hostel, I would suspect something shady or fishy is going on. And about the food, some hostels do cater to taste buds of outsiders and foriegners. It is their choice to serve the kind of food foreigners like. And as a traveller, I do enjoy local food but there are times I have craved for comfort food for health and nutrition reasons.
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