Anna Warner 10DMG
There are many conflicts of interest in National Parks. For the Lake District choose two, one between tourists and local people, the other on access by cars. Discuss the problem and suggest solutions.
National parks attract thousands of tourists every year. In this essay I am going to explore two of many conflicts that occur in the Lake District due to tourism. The first is the problem of local shops in a village or town that are affected due to the increasing rise in tourism. The second is the problems caused by the large amount of cars wanting to access popular areas.
Over the years as the numbers of tourists in the Lake district have increased, there is a great demand to supply tourists with the correct services. When tourists visit a place they usually will require the need to buy meals they also often requie accommodation and will often want to buy souvenirs. So therefore it is vital that the village or town that they visit has the correct services e.g., gift shops, restaurants, cafes. Also, as many tourists come to the Lake District to undertake outdoor activities e.g., mountaineering, walking and Watersports on the lakes many of the villages and towns also have shops that sell equipment for these types of activities. Although these shops bring a lot of money to the area, they often end up replacing the local shops that were once there, but can no longer afford to stay in the area as the other shops create too much competition for them. This consequently causes problems for the local people, as they now have to travel long distances just to buy their basic supply of food.
