When did Blackpool go into decline?
Gudrun Wilkinson
2025-05-07 18:37:37
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Blackpool was Britain’s glittering Vegas-on-Sea — and then cheap flights lured us away. Blackpool’s last peak was August bank holiday in 1981, when visitors rented all 28,000 deckchairs in town. Thereafter, the resort led the decline of the British seaside, reaching the bottom of the trough in 2014, when the council offloaded the last 6,000 deck chairs, admitting that no-one had rented one since 2011. The sad fact remains that the biggest Blackpool headline for many of us has been its decline.
Nicklaus Heller
2025-04-26 06:23:56
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Blackpool suffered a decline in tourist numbers.
This was because foreign travel to the Mediterranean grew in popularity in the 1960s and 70s with its more reliable hot sunny and dry weather, and sandy beaches.
The expansion of package holidays and cheaper flights, plus more competing destinations also contributed to the decline.
The growth of budget airlines and cheaper accommodation from the 1990s onwards was another factor.
People are changing to self-catering and buying time shares or holiday homes abroad, which also affected Blackpool's tourism.
Overcrowding in Blackpool and a shift in the market to late night drinking, stag and hen parties were additional reasons for the decline.
To combat this decline Blackpool launched a £300 million regeneration project in 2000.
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