Expanding Youth Hostels in India (IYHF/HI)

Youth Hostels Meet Indian Youth Desire for Unknown and Friends
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YHAI is affiliated to the International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), which is the largest youth accommodation body of the world promoting youth tourism with over 62 member and 18 associate member countries.

An enormous body, IYHF has over 3.5 million members and controls a chain of 5,600 youth hostels around the world.

Interestingly, convinced of the utility of the idea, the Indian government has sanctioned construction of a chain of 73 youth hostels in various parts of the country, 37 of which have already started functioning while over a dozen are under various stages of construction.

..."Almost all these hostels are the center of youth activities like trekking, hiking, cycling. Here the students are trained in rock climbing, archery, shooting, wall climbing, night tracking etc," Saxena said.

YHA India Website:
http://www.yhaindia.org/