Emergence and development of hostels as alternative accommodation and their popularity amongst the millennials

This paper aims to identify the importance of alternative accommodation in hostels and its popularity amongst travellers, especially the millennial market. This paper seeks to find out current trends and the best practices followed by hostels and analyse and discuss how this segment of the hospitality industry fulfils the present demand created by the Millennials market. For this study, information was collected through books, research articles and the Internet. This paper is centred on a conceptual approach based on desk research. The results of this study denote that recently hostels have evolved as an alternative Accommodation to contemporary accommodation, which was available early. Millennials are one of the largest growing populations globally, and to cater to their needs, hostels have come up with new and innovative concepts to fulfil their demands. Today’s Millennials are a different breed of populations who, while staying like to meet their friends and relatives, as they are today’s young generation they engage in various activities and events, and like to have local experiences, be relaxed and comfortable, and like the feeling of home, they are always looking for good value for their money at the same time enjoy the ease and convenience provided by the hostels. The growth of hostels in recent times has happened because currently, hostels play a significant role in the hospitality industry by satisfying the needs of travellers, especially the Millennials. Hostels provide them with good functional facilities and an interactive atmosphere, offering them the centr allocation, well-planned events and activities with personal treatment. This research paper is one of the uncommon kinds of writing which describes the behaviour of Millennials towards the services of hostel