Rural management yorkshire dales

Leisure at the Local Scale Tourism mangement in a Rural Area: 

Leisure at the Local Scale Tourism mangement in a Rural Area Malham and the Pennine Way, The Yorkshire Dales, UK Visitor Pressure, Conservation and Sustainable tourism

The UK National Parks: 

The UK National Parks The Yorkshire Dales is one of the UK National Parks. Unlike those in the USA, they are all open to the public. This means that it is a great asset, but can set conflicts between users and rural populations.

Location of the Pennine way: 

Location of the Pennine way Malham, Pennines, England Malham is in the English Pennines, on the Pennine Trail, a long-distance footpath from Derbyshire to the Scottish border, opened in 1965. It is an example of a honeypot site. i.e an area that attracts large numbers of visitors.

Malham Location: 

Malham Location The trail has 75,000 to 100,000 walkers a year, with up to 4,000 a day in Malham (population about 100!)

Physical and Human Attractions: 

Physical and Human Attractions Malham has some of the best scenery on the route, with Malham Cove, a huge cliff and limestone valleys such as Goredale Scar.

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Malham itself has many attractions, such as pubs and cafes, and gift shops!

Walkers and Cyclists: 

Walkers and Cyclists The visitors are either honeypotters, enjoying only a short walk away from their transport, or walkers out for a longer excursion. Footpaths around Malham are heavily signposted, well-maintained by various bodies and, in placers, of high capacity.

Impacts – when Carrying capacity is exceeded: 

Impacts – when Carrying capacity is exceeded Infrastructure: Increasing numbers of road-borne tourists stretch the car park’s capacity (of 106 cars and 8 coaches) and cause congestion on the narrow country roads, Environment: Footpaths suffer from accelerated erosion, farmers suffer trespass and commercial signposting has become a problem. House prices risen lots. Many second homes, Rural services , such as shops, have been skewed to cater for tourists. Without tourist demand, however, they may well have closed tourism has provided jobs for those in an area experiencing agricultural job losses. Rural depopulation as services, jobs not available all year round

conflicts: 

conflicts Farmers and tourists Tourists leave gates open Dogs chase sheep Farm machinery may block traffic on roads and vice versa. Littering on path But as profits from farming fall 65% of local farmers see tourism benefitting them in the future. Locals and tourists change services skewed to tourism Drive house prices up Second homes empty May lead to closure of local schools.

Management: Sustainable tourism: 

Management: Sustainable tourism A steering group was set up in 1977 to address the problems of the area, and since then footpaths have been improved, tree planting in sensitive areas has begun

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In this way residents become a lot more involved in tourist developments encouraging local manufacturers, residents to tap the market. More of this is available on

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Turn this into a simplified 1 page case study with a map in the middle, at least one other diagram and a range of boxes outlining the various important points that relate to the syllabus.

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An example of conservation and sustainable tourism in an MEDC. Malham, Pennines, England Malham is in the English Pennines, on the Pennine Trail, a long-distance footpath from Derbyshire to the Scottish border, opened in 1965. The trail has 75,000 to 100,000 walkers a year, with up to 4,000 a day in Malham (population about 100!) Malham has some of the best scenery on the route, with Malham Cove, a huge cliff and limestone valleys such as Goredale Scar. The visitors are either honeypotters, enjoying only a short walk away from their transport, or walkers out for a longer excursion. Malham itself has many attractions, such as pubs and cafes, and gift shops! Malham is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and has a National Park Centre, in the village, providing visitor information, and also a pay-and-display car park. Footpaths around Malham are heavily signposted, well-maintained by various bodies and, in placers, of high capacity. Increasing numbers of road-borne tourists stretch the car park’s capacity (of 106 cars and 8 coaches) and cause congestion on the narrow country roads, Rural services, such as shops, have been skewed to cater for tourists, at the expense of traditional services, such as groceries. Without tourist demand, however, they may well have closed anyway, and tourism has provided jobs for those in an area experiencing agricultural job losses. The local flavour of the area has been drained away by providing bland services for visitors .. such as “themed” pubs. Footpaths suffer from accelerated erosion, farmers suffer trespass and commercial signposting has become a problem. Environmental damage has sometimes been severe, from surface trampling, loss of habitat for wildlife, litter and vandalism. Farmers have gained benefit from renting out barns for accommodation and camping. Incomers have, like most other National Park areas, outbid locals for affordable housing- in 1991 55% of houses in Malham were second homes. A steering group was set up in 1977 to address the problems of the area, and since then footpaths have been improved, tree planting in sensitive areas has begun