| From the Scotland down to south of England | | | | colleagues planned ahead to get them selves at |
| down are some awesome seaside resorts that | | | | the holiday resorts too. This was the situation till |
| line the coasts of Britain. There were just there | | | | the introduction of holiday pay entitlement for all |
| without many activities till the 19th century. During | | | | classes of workers. This went a very long way in |
| the industrial revolution of the 19th century, there | | | | boosting the popularity of the trip to the British |
| was increase in movements towards the seaside | | | | seaside because workers now had little more |
| by many who were looking for fun places and | | | | cash to spare for such trips. |
| adventures. Just before then, these resorts of | | | | The moment these trips to the resorts started |
| Great Britain were exclusively enjoyed by the rich | | | | gaining popularity, some smart investors went |
| and very powerful few. For example, some | | | | ahead and put shelters for those that were |
| resorts such as that in Brighton grew in the 18th | | | | visiting. There were noticeable efforts by the |
| century simply because the upper class and | | | | different resorts to attract more people to their |
| royalty found it appealing to them. | | | | place and this was directly responsible for the |
| Manchester and Birmingham are some of the new | | | | massive facilities development that occurred at |
| large urban centers that were developed during | | | | the resorts at that time. That was the time |
| the industrial revolution era. This was just new | | | | Blackpool built its famous magnificent 'Paris of the |
| developments in the inner land without offering | | | | north' tower. The guest house this awesome |
| the masses the needed window to relax after | | | | tower was completely built in such a ways as to |
| working very hard in the factories and several | | | | lure people back to the place after their first |
| other industries that were springing up. Because | | | | visits. This was followed by several pre-second |
| of the relatively little earning capacity of these set | | | | world war caterings services at the resorts, |
| of factory workers who incidentally were in the | | | | lodgings, entertainment and communal setting all in |
| majority, the idea of going to the coast to free | | | | one place at the resorts. The holiday camps such |
| up was completely written off. This was | | | | as the famous Butlins was also built at that time. |
| happening till the introduction of rail transport | | | | This form of holiday camps offers awesome |
| system. This was when going to the seaside and | | | | all-inclusive holiday packages at the seaside |
| coming back become relatively cheap and many | | | | resorts to the British working class of those days. |
| of the low earning folks could afford to visit the | | | | The boom in the British seaside resorts was |
| seaside and get back without causing havoc in | | | | drastically affected in the past 4 decades by the |
| their little finances. | | | | popularity of air travels and the climatic nature of |
| In those days, many of the newer industrial | | | | the UK. This isn't to say that any of these resorts |
| towns were in the north of England. This | | | | declined in natural offerings but many Britons |
| necessitated the birth of seaside resorts such as | | | | started exploring other regions soon as it was |
| Southport and Blackpool. Bridlington, Skegness and | | | | possible for them to travel smoothly by air. It is |
| Scarborough were also discovered on the east | | | | now common for most Britons to join the next |
| coast around that same time. Not forgetting other | | | | available flight to a sunnier climate for the year's |
| seaside such as Morecambe on the North West | | | | holidays. You can still have maximum fun in any of |
| coast. These developments also led the Welsh to | | | | the British seaside resorts without the need to |
| develop Liandudno and Rhyl seaside resorts. | | | | travel outside the country. |
| As time goes on, the workers who usually had | | | | The recent economic meltdown really made |
| some free times within the years started going | | | | many Britons to look inwards once more for their |
| to the various sea sides for their annual holidays. | | | | holiday needs and the current boom in the British |
| There was visible excitement for the workers | | | | holiday resorts aren't unexpected. There are |
| that had the opportunity of visiting these resorts | | | | currently more fun and entertainment waiting for |
| for few days. They were envied and their | | | | you in any of these locations. |