Why have many traditional seaside resorts declined in the last 30 years

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Adam M Jones                Upper Sixth Geography

Essay Question

Thursday 27th September 2007

A)  Why have traditional seaside resorts in many MEDC’s declined in the last 30 years? (20marks)

B)  Using examples, examine attempts by governments and other bodies to reverse the tourism decline in these areas (25marks)

A)

The definition of a seaside resort is a town or city situated by the sea that people visit for pleasure. Before discussing why many seaside resorts in MEDC’s have declined it is very important to remember that there our still some seaside resorts that are still successful. An example of this within the UK is Brighton, this is a seaside resort that attracts over eight million people nowadays and in the 1840s was the most popular tourist attraction in the world. This was caused by many different effects with the major one being the Prince Regent building a holiday home within the town.

Nowadays many seaside resorts are declining or for some vanishing due to many causes that I will describe below. One of the key problems is that nowadays the way people within MEDS’s live is very different to how it was 30 years ago. Nowadays people have more of a disposable income due to many reasons including longer paid holidays and both members of a relationship working meaning that both are making an income that can be dispensed more freely as they have more money. This means that they can afford to travel further a field and as most people would rather travel abroad then within the UK they spend their disposable income and go to places such as countries with a Mediterranean climate.

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Nowadays package holidays are also becoming more and more popular with people being able to travel relatively cheaply, these started in the 70s and allow people to not need to worry about things such as flight connections etc as they are already covered. Along with these and budget airlines such as Ryan Air and Easy Jet people travel out of the UK and to these less traditional seaside resorts as it is almost easier to do. Along with this in honesty the price is also relatively close when compared to having a holiday down in the South-East of England.

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