🎀Blackpool- Uk Coastal Resort

Question 1

3 physical attractions of Blackpool?

Answer 1

A seaside resort that understands and values the needs of local residents and visitors.

“A place that is being reshaped”

Brand Vista - City on the beach

Question 2

5 human attractions to Blackpool

Answer 2

Hounds hill shopping centre
Pleasure beach
Blackpool tower
Promenade
'Strictly come dancing'

Question 3

5 physical reasons why Blackpool declined.

Answer 3

Beach erosion during winter storms
Beach and sea pollution
Unreliable summer weather
Keeping beach and resort clean
Current poor image is not helped by popularity as a hen or stag do resort.

Question 4

2 economical reasons why Blackpool declined.

Answer 4

Unemployment still rising out of season

Cheap package holidays to other places- cheap flight through Easy Jet.

Question 5

5 social- economical reasons why Blackpool declined.

Answer 5

Lost out to super casino in Manchester.
Visitor numbers are not growing.
People only visit for day trips and weekends.
Has a bad reputation
Over crowding and traffic Jams on bank holidays.

Question 6

9 management strategies to rejuvenate Blackpool.

Answer 6

Talbot gateway project - 46 hotels, 142 homes, a new court and police headquarters.
Hound hills shopping centre
Super casino- 3000 jobs
6 new headlands
Improvement to airport
Modern train station
New facilities, e.g Pepsi max
Sea walls built to stop erosion
Investment into beach and street cleaning equipment.

Question 7

Where is Blackpool?

Answer 7

A seaside resort in Lancashire , north west coast of England.

Question 8

How effective were strategies to help rejuvenate Blackpool?

Answer 8

Not very as they lost out to super casino in Manchester and beach and sea pollution still occurs.

New facilities are required to boost employment and interest.