Hamburg - Some hikers need only a space on the floor where they can spread out their sleeping bag in the evening.

But there are other types of hikers who belong in a different class, and it's one that has grown over the past few years. These hikers value luxury and don't want to spend the night in a youth hostel or small private room.

Professor Heinz-Dieter Quack of the European Tourism Institute in Trier, Luxembourg, separates hikers into the "old" and the "new."

Stuttgart  - Lounging on the beach is one way to spend the summer holidays. Too boring?

Sydney  - The new working class heroes in Australia are people like George Bilbie, a 100-year-old solicitor who works two days a week and has no plans for full retirement.

Premium home decorative firm Dolphin Mart has plans to expand its ‘d'mart Exclusif’ brand by opening around 19 outlets by the end of current financial year.

Florence, Italy  - Girls are better than boys in reading, but they also can keep up with boys in mathematics when the genders are on a more equal footing in their native countries, according to res