BLACKPOOL: Children clutching glow sticks shrieked with delight and onlookers gazed awestruck as Blackpool's Illuminations lights festival launched to a spectacular volley of fireworks from its 158m Victorian tower.
But the lifting of restrictions has helped domestic tourism, providing a boon to seaside resorts that were once Britons' favourite destinations before the advent of cheap overseas package holidays to warmer and sunnier climes.Blackpool, on the Irish Sea north of Liverpool and Manchester, embodies the rise and fall of the quintessential British seaside resort.
And its historic dependence on tourism and hospitality meant the coronavirus pandemic dealt a devastating blow to the town's economy and vulnerable social groups. Owen Wells, 23, a flamboyantly dressed welder, plumped for Blackpool instead of the hard-partying Spanish resort of Magaluf to celebrate his bachelor party.
"I couldn't be bothered with the hassle of going abroad and having to stick to restrictions. The UK is just as good," she added.Surveys by Britain's tourism board have indicated that domestic holidaymakers have preferred traditional coastal towns this summer. "It's been amazing that so many families have had something different by having a UK holiday - Blackpool is going to be back on everybody's map," he said.His shop had to shut on multiple occasions but the future seems brighter, even if trade has not reached pre-pandemic heights."This is the best place to come for a quick getaway and it's brought up our sales a lot.
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