Vacant

As the final part of my course, I got permission to photograph a modern and contemporary hotel in Bournemouth, 'The Cumberland' on East Cliff. The decor of this hotel matches it's forward looking approach to tourism in Bournemouth, making a stay in Bournemouth luxurious at an affordable price. The main focus of this hotel was the lighting and the colours of each room, which contrast each other to create different atmosphere's in each room.

I found that the emptiness of the rooms made them feel similarly abandoned to the previous hotels we had visited. Although these hotels were furnished and decorated, there was still a sense of emptiness to them, a lack of atmosphere and a lack of this seaside phenomenon that Bournemouth has been renowned for. Taking into account that it was winter, this fact seems reasonable to say that this does not show Bournemouth’s tourism is on the decrease. However, what I realized is that the reason for these hotels closing is because of our long, miserable winters that are getting longer each year. As the planet’s climate gradually changes, tourism in Bournemouth is dying a slow and unpredictable death; which could account for the reasons for many of these hotels closing down.