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Tourism
Geography and Ecology
Second part: The acquisition of places for Leisure and Tourism
The Beach / The Ocean
The beach - 20th century
Acquisition of places which before
did not exist or which before were remote:
Traditionally most cities are
not build directly at the seaside but on the next
hill etc. to be safer from storms, floods, marauders,
the "unhealthy air" etc.
The beach is used by fishermen
or as a harbour or as a toilet
Seaside resorts are build especially
for guests, fishermens villages change into tourists
areas, the seaside promenade and the pier is developed
Access is provided by railway
(before 2nd World War) and by aircraft after 1945,
changing remote areas (f.i. mediterranean and caribic
islands) into tourism hot spots, helped by airstrips
build during the war
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Beach holidays become standardised,
the hinterland becomes less and less relevant -
the tourists are "turning their backs"
on the land
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Tourists take over beaches from
local usages
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