The growth of the UK travel and tourism industry

  • Start of the railway and tourism.

    Trainlines started developing in 1804, steam trains were made to move item's back and for. They first needed transport goods. Somebody spotted a good opportunity to make trains into a transport to travel anywhere and people still travel on trains today.
  • Growth of UK beach resorts

    people started visiting British beaches around 1940s. The person who started the trend of visiting the beach was Queen Victoria, who ruled in 1837-1901. She recognised the good health properties of the sea and what it can do for you. Being a spa resort as well, Scarborough was popular already in the early eighteenth century.

    A lot of seaside tourists soon began to pay attention to places like Brighton and Blackpool.