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| Question | Answer |
| By ______ B&B prices fell as low as £__ a night | 2000, £10 |
| Improvements in 2001 (3 things) | landscaping car parks, smartening up areas, knocking old buildings down |
| Improvement in 2003 | Pleasure Beach opened a 4 star hotel called 'Big Blue Hotel' |
| Improvements in 2006 (2 things) | 3 blue flags on beaches had been awarded, 'Water World' opened |
| Improvement in 2011 | Pleasure Beach opened 'Nickelodean Land' |
| Improvements now? | Illuminations being transformed costing £10million |
| How many days do the illuminations run for? | 66 days |
| What months do the illuminations run in? | August-November |
| How tall is Blackpool Tower? | 158metres |
| When was Blackpool Tower built? | 1894 |
| When were the Blackpool illuminations founded? | 1879 |
| When was the Pleasure Beach founded? | 1896 |
| How many visitors did Pleasure Beach have in 2007? | 5.5million |
| From 1990-1999 how many hotels ceased trading? | 1000 hotels ceased trading |
| From 1990-1999 how many holiday-flat premises closed? | 300 holiday-flat premises closed |
| From 1990-1999 average hotel occupancy rates fell as low as? | 25% |
| From 1990-1999 visitor numbers per year fell from? | 17million to 11 million |
| What was the big plan for Blackpool? | To get a Super Casino granted by the government |
| What happened to the super casino plan? | It was awarded to Manchester then scrapped |
| Problems in Blackpool: beach and sea water _______ | pollution |
| Problems in Blackpool: ______ summer weather- ____ and _____ | unreliable, wet, windy |
| beach ____ in winter _____ | erosion, storms |
| __________ out of season | unemployment |
| __________ and ____________ on bank holidays | overcrowding, traffic jams |
| _______ frightened off by binge-drinking culture of __________ and ___________ | families, 'stag nights', 'hen parties' |
| cheap _______ _________ to _____________ take away regular visitors | package holidays, Mediterranean |
| What will Blackpool have to rely on? | day trippers or people staying 2-3 days at best |
| What happened to the Pleasure Beach from 2000-2005? | Visitor numbers fell from 7 to 6 million |
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