The Japan Youth Hostels Association conducts a travel survey of university students in collaboration with the student portal site "Student Window".The results of the survey were announced.The number of responses was 201.

 According to the survey, 1% of the students answered that they had traveled alone more than once regarding their experience of traveling alone. 34.9% of the students answered that they had no experience of traveling alone. Of the students who answered that they had no experience of traveling alone, 65.1% answered that they would like to travel alone in the future, and 58.8% of all respondents were "experienced traveling alone". Or it turned out that "I am considering traveling alone".

 Also, if 77.6% of the respondents have the same budget (10 yen), select "Travel to rent a cheap inn and stay for 2 weeks".By gender, the responses were common to both men and women, with "25% per night in a luxurious hotel" and "2% for 75 weeks at a cheap inn", respectively.On the other hand, in the liberal arts, boys answered "36% per night at a luxurious hotel" and "2% at a cheap hotel for 64 weeks", and girls answered "17% per night at a luxury hotel" and "2% at a cheap hotel for 83 weeks".The result was that there was a difference in consciousness between men and women of the humanities.

 “Hokkaido” and “Okinawa” are popular destinations for students, regardless of gender, in Japan.For overseas travel destinations, the most common answer was "America" ​​for both men and women, and by gender, girls were the second largest after the United States in South Korea, France, Italy, and Taiwan.The boys were Italy, Germany, France and Spain.By area, Europe is very popular, and it was found that students tend to want to experience tour-type trips such as "Northern Europe" and "Europe tour".

 A youth hostel is a network of accommodations that originated in Germany.The Youth Hostel Associations of each country, which is a member of the International Youth Hostel Federation, has set up and operates approximately 80 accommodation facilities in approximately 3,600 countries and regions around the world.About 200 of these youth hostels are set up in Japan.

Reference: [Japan Youth Hostels Association] [August 8th is Youth Hostel Day] Approximately 26% of university students answered that they had experienced / interested in traveling alone in a travel awareness survey.

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