Mass tourism
What Mass tourism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Holiday-taking by more people from the 1930s, enabled by increased leisure time, paid holidays and rising living standards, initially at British seaside resorts and later abroad.
Excursions and holidays moved from day trips, seaside resorts and works outings towards paid holidays and mass tourism.
Topics that use Mass tourism
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 2 Changing patterns of family leisure (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- The changing quality of life, 1918–79 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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