... interest. People were beginning to travel to areas of the country in their spare-time for the purpose of leisure. Prior to the First World War, people had begun to travel to Europe for holidays. In 1913 three quarters of a million British tourists had travelled to Europe, most of these middle class. By 1919 a daily air service between London and Paris was introduced which shows a reactive act on the part of airlines due to growing numbers of people going on Holiday to European countries. One year before War broke out in 1938 The Holidays With Pay Act was introduced to extend paid holidays to workers not already covered by collective bargaining agreements. All of this changed however with outbreak of War across Europe. During this time the Government encouraged people to 'Holiday at Home'. In 1937 the Physical Recreation and Training Act was introduced to ' provide for ...

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