The tourism accommodation establishment is the main component and a basic measure of tourism industry. It is also an important determinant of tourism development in areas, regions, and resorts. In recent years, hostels have been intensively developing and gaining popularity as the newest type of accommodation. Hostels are commonly found in major centres of tourism in Western Europe, as well as in Australia, the United States or Canada. They are also growing in number and arousing more and more interest in Central European countries, particularly in Poland. However, there are very few scientific articles describing this type of accommodation establishment. The aim of the article is to present the role of hostels in the accommodation services market, with a particular emphasis on the city of Wrocław. The intention of the authors was to identify and describe major trends in the European hostel market and to use these data as a backdrop to discuss hostels in Poland, especially in Wrocław. The results show that hostels in Wrocław are highly diverse in terms of size, services provided, and quality. Global trends are quite visible but at this moment not all of them can be observed in the Polish market.
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