SLT Revision
1a) Use Source A and your own knowledge to describe… (3)
Pick out 2 things from the source
Expand with your own knowledge
1b) Explain…. (6)
Explain 3 reasons well
1c) Why do sources B and C give different views about… (8)
Say what Source B’s opinion is with quotes
Say what Source C’s opinion is with quotes
Explain why they have different opinions due to their ORIGIN
Explain why they have different opinions due to their PURPOSE
Try to expand using your own knowledge
2a) Describe… (4)
Describe using accurate detail
2b) Explain… (6)
Explain 3 reasons well
2c) How important is/was…
Explain 3 reasons well (think about why it was important at the time and
why it is still important now)
Give a conclusion
3a) Outline the developments in… between 19__ and 19__
Q3: 15 marks question (12+3)
Has… been the biggest development in sport
from 1900-present day
Has… been the most important development in
British tourism from 1900-present day?
12 marks +3
Agree (2/3 reasons)
Disagree (2/3 reasons) – choose reasons from both
halves of the century
Conclusion
Explain points
Try to link points
Describe holidays for the upper classes
at the start of the century
Describe holidays for the upper classes
at the start of the century
• They went to spas and inland resorts like
Snowdon
• They stayed in hotels by the seaside
• The travelled around Europe by train
Describe transport developments in
the early 20th century affecting
tourism
Describe transport developments in
the early 20th century affecting
tourism
• Motorcar: meant working class people went
on days trips organised by churches and
chapels by charabanc
• Railway boom in England meant working
classes could access holidays (particularly by
the seaside)
• Railway network in Europe allowed the rich to
travel
Describe a traditional seaside resort in
the 1920s/30s
Describe a traditional seaside resort in
the 1920s/30s
• Resorts like Blackpool and Barry Island were
popular with the working classes
• They were easy to get to by train
• They had activities for all the family like paddling,
Punch and Judy, walking along the promenade
and pier and donkey rides
• Resorts started to make new attractions e.g.
1923 Blackpool made an outdoor swimming pool
• The working classes stayed in boarding houses
(richer families stayed in big hotels)
Describe increased leisure time in the
first half of the century
Describe increased leisure time in the
first half of the century
• 1871 – bank holidays
• 1919 – reduction of working week
• 1938 – everyone was entitled to holidays with
pay
• North of England – Wakes Week
• South Wales – Miner’s Fortnight
Describe a Butlins holiday camp in the
1950s
Describe a Butlins holiday camp in the
1950s
• Billy Butlin opened his first holiday camp in Skegness
in 1936
• It cost £2.50 a week and the slogan was “a weeks
pay for a weeks stay”
• The camps were more relaxed than boarding houses
• They were by the sea so easily accessible by rail
• They had activities for all the family which were
included in the pricesuch as “glamorous grannies
competitions” and “Knobbly Knees Competitions”
• These activities were organised by red coats
• 1939 there were 200 camps in England and Wales
Describe Wakes Week
Describe Wakes Week
• In 1938 all workers were entitled to holidays
with pay by law
• In the North of England all the factories shut
and workers had a week off
• Many workers would go by train to the seaside
(e.g. Blackpool)
Describe Miner’s Fortnight
Describe Miner’s Fortnight
• In 1938 all workers were entitled to holidays
with pay by law
• In the South Wales all the mines shut and
workers had a fortnight off
• Many workers would go by train to the seaside
(e.g. Barry)
Describe a package holiday
Describe a package holiday
• Cheaper air travel meant more people went abroad
• Tourist operators started to offer packages
“flight/accommodation/transfers” which meant less
well-off people could now go abroad
• Package holidays meant less people went on holiday
in Britain as they were good for families and people
wanted sunshine
• Package holidays meant foreign foods and clothes
became more popular
• Nowadays package holidays are in competition with
budget airlines and the internet
Describe a theme park
Describe a theme park
• Based on a theme
• The first theme park in the UK opened was
Thorpe Park in 1969
• By 1992 theme parks such as Alton Towers
and Drayton Manor had 8 million visitors a
year
• These parks compete with each other by
adding new rides each year
Describe a national park
Describe a national park
• 1947 National Parks were set up to preserve
areas of natural beauty
• 1951 the first National Park was the Peak District
• There are now 15 National Parks
• Many people wanted to go to these areas for
holidays to do activities like pony trekking,
hiking and outdoor pursuits
• These areas were very popular as people could
now get there by car
Describe how the British tourist industry has fought back against
air travel
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Describe how the British tourist industry has fought back against
air travel
- Holiday Camps
• Updated their image - Butlins created themed worlds like
“Somerest World in Minehead”
- Seaside resorts
• Built large indoor leisure complexes e.g. Rhyll Sun Centre with
indoor beaches and wave machines
• Blue Flag Awards have meant UK beaches have become cleaner
- National Parks
• Have created “honey pot” towns which visitors flock to e.g.
Windermere in the Lake District which is set up to cater for tourists
with hotels and transport links
- Theme Parks
- The Country side
• Local authorities have set up country parks and nature trails
• Farmers offer bed and breakfast
• Heritage sites have been set up in places lie Beamish
Describe the growth of holiday camps
in the 1950s
Describe the growth of holiday camps
in the 1950s
• Butlins continued to be popular as it was
cheap and full of activities for all the family
(even if it was raining)
• They were so popular the formula was copied
by Fred Pontin and his first holiday camp was
set up in 1946 with blue coats
• There was the Holidays Directory listing all the
holiday camps people could choose from
Explain why more people took holidays
in the first half of the century
Explain why more people took holidays
in the first half of the century
• Rail
• Increased leisure time
• Seaside resorts developed e.g. 1923 there was
an outdoor swimming pool in Blackpool
Explain how transport affected tourism
in the first half of the century
Explain how transport affected tourism
in the first half of the century
• Railway boom (in Britain)
• Charabanc (day trips by the churches and
chapels)
• Rail network in Europe (for the rich)
Explain how increased leisure time
affected tourism in the first half of the
century
Explain how increased leisure time
affected tourism in the first half of the
century
• 1871 – banks holidays
• 1919 – reduction of working week
• 1938 – holidays with pay
Explain why British seaside resorts
were popular holiday destinations in
the first half of the century
Explain why British seaside resorts
were popular holiday destinations in
the first half of the century
• Accessible by rail
• Activities for all the family
• They became more developed (1923 lido at
Blackpool)
• Increased leisure time
Explain why holiday camps like Butlins
were popular the first half of the
century
Explain why holiday camps like Butlins
were popular the first half of the
century
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Increased leisure time
Cheap (2.50)
Redcoats
Activities for all the family
Less strict than boarding houses
By the sea so accessible by train
Explain how transport developments
in the second half of the century have
affected tourism
Explain how transport developments
in the second half of the century have
affected tourism
• Mass production of the car and the building of
roads
• Air travel and package holidays
• Ferry and the Eurotunnel
• Has led to holidays abroad being accessible by
the working classes
• Has led to the decline of the British tourist
industry
Explain how air travel has affected
British holidays
Explain how air travel has affected
British holidays
• Package holidays
• Budget airlines
• Has led to holidays abroad being accessible by
the working classes
• Has led to the decline of the British tourist
industry
Explain how package holidays has
affected British holidays
Explain how package holidays has
affected British holidays
• Has led to holidays abroad being accessible by
the working classes
• Has led to the decline of the British tourist
industry
Explain why more people took holidays
between 1945-65
Explain why more people took holidays
between 1945-65
• Increased leisure time (holidays with pay
1945)
• Mass production of car and building of roads
• Relief after war
• Better advertising of holidays e.g TV
• Development of holiday camps e.g Pontins
• National parks introduced in 1947
Explain the popularity of national
parks
Explain the popularity of national
parks
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Created 1947; first one Peak District in 1951
Escape from urban life
Activities like hiking, camping, pony trekking
Accessible due to mass production of car
Honey pot towns like Windermere in the Lake
District cater for tourists
• People now like to take multi holidays so go for
the weekend as well as a holiday abroad
Explain how the British tourism
industry has fought back against
holidays abroad
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Explain how the British tourism
industry has fought back against
holidays abroad
National Parks (honey pot towns)
Theme parks
Improving seaside resorts e.g. Blue Flag award
Butlins has revamped it’s image
Have package holidays been the most important development in British
tourism from 1900 to the present day (12+3)
Have package holidays been the most important development in British
tourism from 1900 to the present day (12+3)
YES:
Package holidays have affected British tourism negatively
Package holidays have allowed working classes to access holidays and culture
abroad
NO:
1st half of the century:
- Train
- Increased leisure time
- Holiday camps (Butlins)
- 2nd half of the century
- Car
- National parks
Conclusion: although earliest form of mass media others have overtaken in
popularity and importance