Spring break
In South Korea, the spring break originally lasted for two weeks in February with the new school year starting afterwards in March.
Before 2017, the spring break in Georgia was typically an Easter holiday, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday in Holy Week.
There are regional differences between mostly the north and south of the country in when this break takes place, because of carnival, which is mostly celebrated in the southern parts of The Netherlands.
[5] In the mid-1930s, a swimming coach from Colgate University decided to take his team down to Florida for some early training at a brand-new Olympic-size pool in sunny Fort Lauderdale.
The idea clicked with other college swim coaches, and soon the spring training migration became an annual tradition for swimmers nationwide.
[citation needed] Now, spring break is an academic tradition in various mostly western countries that is scheduled for different periods depending on the state and sometimes the region.
In the United States, spring break at universities, colleges, and many K-12 school systems can take place from March to April,[citation needed] depending on term dates and when Easter holiday falls.
Spring break is usually a week or two long, although some schools schedule it for mid to late March, with separate days off for the Easter holiday.
In Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, it takes place during Easter; schoolchildren have a week off, and teaching staff typically three days.
In Chile, many schools and universities take vacations in the middle of September in the southern hemisphere spring, coinciding with the celebration of the country's Patriotic Holidays.
The spawn of social media and digital marketing helped boost the beach town into a student mecca during March.
Following well-publicized shootings and a gang rape in 2015, several new ordinances were put into effect prohibiting drinking on the beach and establishing a bar closing time of 2 a.m. CT. Reports showed a drop in Panama City Beach's spring break turnout in March 2016,[27] followed by increased family tourism in April 2016.
[29][32][33] Kelly's efforts to rein in the revelry included promoting athletic competitions called "Spring Games" to channel youthful energy in a wholesome direction,[34] and proposing that hotels be billed for the cost of sending police to respond to calls during spring break.
[35] In 1993, Kelly lost his bid for re-election as mayor, and Daytona Beach officials cut their spring break marketing budget and ties with MTV.
[37] Attracting approximately 20,000 college students in the 1950s, spring break was still known as 'Spring vacation' and was a relatively low key affair.
This began to change when Glendon Swarthout's novel, Where the Boys Are was published in 1960, effectively ushering in modern spring break.
Residents of the Fort Lauderdale area became so upset at the damage done by college students that the local government passed laws restricting parties in 1985.
At the same time, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was enacted in the United States, requiring that Florida raise the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21 and inspiring many underage college vacationers to travel to other competing locations in the United States for spring break.
[39][40] In the early 1980s, South Padre Island became the first location outside of Florida to draw a large number of college students for spring break.
