Why did Blackpool decline?
Mathilde Muller
2025-05-30 07:47:25
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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.
Overcrowding in Blackpool and a shift in the market to late night drinking, stag and hen parties, also played a role.
Amina Stehr
2025-05-26 05:40:31
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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. It’s partly Blackpool’s own fault and partly caused by external factors — sunnier alternatives, for example — but that’s about to change. The sophistication for which Blackpool was once famous — the Grundy Art Gallery, the Matcham-designed Grand Theatre, and two magnificent ballrooms — has long been overshadowed by a culture of low-brow excess. In 1911, the town’s Central Station was the busiest in the world, and in July 1936, 650 trains came and went in a single day.
Shayne Abernathy
2025-05-14 15:20:09
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Blackpool began to stagnate, then decline because of package holidays, cheaper air transport and better climates. Foreign travel grew in popularity in the 1960s and 70s with its more reliable hot, dry and sunny weather and sandy beaches. The expansion of package holidays and cheaper flights, in addition to more competing destinations. The growth of budget airlines and cheaper accommodation from the 1990s onwards. People are changing to self catering and buying time shares or holiday homes abroad. Overcrowding in Blackpool, and a shift in the market to late night drinking, stag parties and hen parties. Visitor numbers fell from 17 million to 11 million in 2000. Blackpool has run down areas and is mainly popular with stag and hen parties.
Evert Turner
2025-05-14 13:23:04
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Blackpool is an iconic tourist resort and its coastal location was the main reason for its development as a tourist resort. Like many other UK coastal resorts Blackpool suffered a decline in tourist numbers. This was due to foreign travel to the Mediterranean growing in popularity in the 1960s and 1970s due to its more reliable hot weather and sandy beaches. The expansion of package holidays and cheaper flights also contributed to the decline. The growth of budget airlines and cheaper accommodation from the 1990s onwards further exacerbated the decline. Overcrowding in Blackpool and a shift in the market to late night drinking, stag and hen parties also played a role in the decline.
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