Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable tourism

This is about managing the impact of tourism on the environment, communities and the economy so that tourism has a positive effect for the benefit of future generations.
It must not affect the environment adversely
It must be acceptable to the community
It must be profitable for business
It must satisfy the visitor

e.g. Countryside Code
Be safe, plan ahead and follow any signs
Leave gates and property as you find them
Protect plants and animals and take your litter home
Keep dogs under close control
Consider other people
Tourism has an impact on all the places tourists visit. Destinations can be developed in a sustainable way.
Explain how one of the destinations that you have studied may be developed in a sustainable way. (6 marks)

Sustainable means allowing tourists to enjoy and benefit from all that the area has to offer but at the same time managing it so that tourism doesn’t damage the area for future visitors in years to come or impinge on the local way of life.
Restricting the number of cars on some roads helps traffic flow, reduces noisy, unsightly and polluting traffic
Encouraging tourists to stay with local farming families in villages like Borrowdale helps the tourists to understand the traditional way of life and helps to support the income of the farmers family so that they are more likely to stay on the land and help conserve the landscape for everyone by continuing hill sheep farming.