Seaside resort

A seaside resort is a resort located on the coast. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.

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Resort - Coast - Beach - Tourist

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The coast has long-standing appeal as a recreational environment, although until the mid-nineteenth century, such recreation was a luxury afforded only to the wealthy. Even in Roman times, the town of Baiae, by the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy, offered a resort to those who were sufficiently prosperous. During the early nineteenth century, the Prince Regent popularised Brighton, on the south coast of England, as a fashionable alternative to the wealthy spa towns such as Bath. Later, Queen Victoria's long-standing patronage of the Isle of Wight ensured the seaside residence was a highly fashionable possession for those wealthy enough to afford more than one home.

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Mid-nineteenth century - Roman - Baiae - Tyrrhenian Sea - Italy - Prince Regent - Brighton - England - Spa towns - Bath - Queen Victoria - Isle of Wight

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It was in the mid-nineteenth century that it became popular for people from less privileged classes to take holidays at seaside resorts. Improvements in transportation brought about by the industrial revolution enabled people to take regular holidays away from home, and led to the redevelopment and growth of many coastal towns as seaside resorts. This is perhaps most strongly evidenced in England, an area shaped such that its coast is no more than 180km from any point.

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Mid-nineteenth century - Industrial revolution - Holidays - England

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