Hostel categorization as an aspect of improving market power of domestic accommodation facilities

Hostels as well as restaurants with the specific hotel organization characteristics,
spatial distribution, as well as technological and other requirements in the
provision of accommodation services, with its unique offer of accommodation
facilities, have provided their own importance and positioning worldwide.
Their recognition and demand in the wider tourism market have triggered
a significant offer of hostel accommodation facilities, specially profiled and
targeted at younger groups. The special role of hostels within the overall demand
and recognition of the broader market is also necessary to improve the
classification of their own level of quality, market power and clear attitude of
the regulated offer, all types of accommodation facilities, specific and unique
tourism market.

Significant upgrading of the role of the hostel within the total supply of accommodation
capacities in the domestic tourism market is reflected in the creation
of necessary conditions for quality standardization and hostel categorization,
which is the best way to define the city and market position of the hostel. The
strong interdependence with other forms of accommodation as well as the
need to define the level and quality of sorted standards, defines the uniqueness
of the hostel type and quality along with improving the strength of the local
accommodation facilities.