How accurate is it to say that the provision of holiday pay was the most important factor in the development of the holiday industry in the years 1918-1979
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- Created on: 20-01-19 12:29
Background info-
•Foreign holidays and tourism were reserved for the aristocracy and the upper class.
•The wealthy stayed in expensive hotels in seaside and spa resorts- often gold courses etc..
•Health giving qualities if escaping city smug for the seaside- brochures highlighted these effects. Very accurate to say- •opportunitiesfor tourism industry to expand.
•Boarding houses were developed in Blackpool and other seaside areas which boosted the once deprived areas economy , massively developing the tourismindustryforthosewhofoundit difficult to travel far. Even though holiday pay was low it gave options to stay on cheap package holiday like Butlins which prior to a wage bonus wouldn’t have been possible.
•Opened up the gates to freedom when going on holiday
To an extent-
•Shift away from collectivist ideas towards…
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