Hostelling International

Hostelling International
Abbreviation	HI
Formation	1932
Legal status	Charity
Purpose	Accommodation for backpackers across the world
Location	Gate House, Fretherne Road, Welwyn Garden City, UK;
Region served	Global
Membership	Youth Hostel members
Affiliations	YHA; SYHA; YHA Australia; HI USA; HINI; HI – Canada; IYHA;
Website	hihostels.com

Hostelling International (HI), formerly known as International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), is a grouping of more than seventy national youth hostel associations in over eighty countries, with over 4,000 affiliated hostels around the world. Hostelling International is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO and the World Tourism Organisation UNWTO.

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