Zusammenfassung der Ressource
BLACKPOOL - THE BUTLER MODEL
- STAGE 1 - EXPLORATION
- 18th century - Only people to visit were the landed gentry who used the beach
- STAGE 2 - INVOLVEMENT
- Henry Banks bought Lanes End estate
- built the first holiday cottage in the 1820's
- Railway line built from Poulton to
Blackpool - thousands of day trippers
now visited
- STAGE 3 - DEVELOPMENT
- 1856-1870 the promenade was built
- 1863 North Pier opened
- STAGE 4 - CONSOLIDATION
- In 1872 there was 850,000 visitors
- 1878 the winter gardens opened
- 1891-1894 Blackpool Tower was built
- 1931 brought 3,850,000 visitors
- STAGE 5 - STAGNATION
- 1972 Blackpool Zoo opened
- Now 3 railway stations in Blackpool
- STAGE 6
- DECLINE
- Visitor nights declined from 16million to
10.2 million
- Average annual hotel occupancy
dropped to 22%
- In 1990 the Sea Life centre opened to try and
rejuvenate the town
- REJUVENATION
- In 2003 the rejuvenation project started
- 26,700 jobs created
- expected 7 million extra visitors per year
- 2004 11 million visitors
- 2009 new coastal defence scheme developed costing £80 million