Since the second half of the 19th century, when seaside holidays became a popular activity in Europe and the United States, growth in seashore and boating activities together with relatively unspoilt scenery of coastal and marine areas have been a significant factor in tourism and development. There has been an accompanying pattern of increasing development and transformation of tourism activities from wilderness-based nature tourism to coastal tourism in transformed environments, such as in mass beach tourism.
Kenchington 1993 provides a table describing the relationship between environmental condition and human impacts associated with recreation and tourism, below.
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