International Variations
The early motels were built in the southwestern United States as a replacement for the tourist camps and tourist cabins which had grown around the US highway system.
Like their US counterparts, motels were initially constructed in Canada alongside the growth of the original two-lane provincial highways, of which the first to be paved was the concrete Toronto-Hamilton Highway in 1917.
In Australia and New Zealand, motels have followed largely the same path of development as in Canada and the United States. The first Australian motels include the West End Motel in Ballina, New South Wales (1937) and the Penzance Motel in Eagle Hawk, Tasmania (1939).
Motels then gained international popularity in many countries, such as Thailand, Germany, and Japan.
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