The first visitors to Torbay ……………

Torbay, a British holiday resort, advertises itself as ‘The English Riviera”. This is an attempt to persuade people to come to the resort for its warm climate. It was Torbay's mild climate which first attracted visitors to the town In the eighteenth century. At that time, it was becoming fashionable for the rich to “resort” to the coast in the summer. This was largely due to the belief that warm sea water could cure various ailments. The real growth of tourism in the region began with the arrival of the railway in 1848.