1837 12 Oct. 2/1 (advt.) Dover..bids fair to compete with Brighton as a pleasure resort.
1917 A. A. Chapin iv. 138 Richmond Hill did not escape! It too became a tavern, a pleasure resort, a ‘mead garden,’ a roadhouse—whatever you choose to call it.
1999 104 1349/2 Cuba had been a malarial death trap. How it became a health and pleasure resort is not fully explained.