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Extract from the Douglas Travel Guides:
A mere market town as late as 1850, the capital
DOUGLAS
was a product of Victorian mass tourism and displays many similarities to Blackpool, just across the water. However, put aside thoughts of Blackpool-style state-of-the-art entertainment and sophisticated nightlife. Although there are pockets of contemporary development, Douglas - despite its financial acumen - has something of an end-of-season feel about it. It's not really the town's fault - where once half a million people a year sported on the sands, package tourism to hotter climates has long since burst the bubble. You can still have a thoroughly enjoyable time here, but it's... read the whole Douglas Travel Guides...
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