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Although the UK is not known for having the best beach weather, it was English love of the beach that started a trend of mass tourism where people began to visit beach resorts. In France, the French Riviera began to be developed as a popular beach area, particularly Nice. Interestingly, it was often visiting British in these towns rather than locals that led to the initial development of the French Rivera. However, in the 1870s more people began to see the beauty and fun of going to the beach and throughout Europe beach towns began to develop. Monte Carlo, the famed gambling place, developed as a town visited by tourists in the 1870s to enjoy the seaside views and beach. Interestingly, it was continental Europeans who began to influence bathing and swimming culture. In Europe, attitudes towards nudity and exposing one self were far more lax than Britain. The idea of stripping to minimal clothing or even being nude in going for a swim developed already by the 1870s, although this was not universal. In the United States, the late 19th century also began the trend of seaside towns and resorts. Florida, New Jersey, and other coastal places began to develop resort towns. In England alone, there were 100 resort towns with more than 50,000 people by the end of the 19th century. The seaside holiday and spending time on a beach now became part of the normal holiday cycle, although swimming was not common for many people at the beach and sunbathing on a beach was frowned upon.

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