Covid Roller Coaster Adds To Blackpool s Decline By V?ronique DUPONT
03/16/21 AT 7:32 AM
Its ghost train ride stands idle and the golden beach is deserted. For seaside resort Blackpool, the Covid roller coaster has dealt another hammer blow to one of England s most deprived towns.
Windswept Blackpool, on England s northwest coast, was a thriving holiday destination before package holidays to sunnier climes took off in the 1980s. The pandemic has dealt a hammer blow to Britain s seaside resort of Blackpool Photo: AFP / PAUL ELLIS
But even with 18 million visitors a year before the pandemic, it is a shadow of its former self.