Conflicts tourism brings to Castleton.

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Conflicts tourism brings to Castleton.

Tourism in Castleton causes many conflicts. These conflicts occur between different groups of people, who want different things from the honeypot.

The main conflicts, which occur in Castleton due to tourism is that between the locals and tourists. One of the biggest reasons that cause conflicts between the locals and tourist is because of the traffic. Because of the great numbers of tourists that come Castleton cause a great deal of traffic congestions along the villages roads most of which are narrow. This tourist traffic contributes a lot to the level of noise and pollution in the area. Another conflict linked with the tourist traffic is that some of the tourists park cars in inconvenient places, and by this they block driveways and narrow roads causing problems for the locals. Another conflict between the locals and tourists that occurs in Castleton is that of the level of noise. In Castleton the locals want a quiet and peaceful environment and way of life. Keeping the environment quiet and peaceful is really retain because of the tourists and school groups who cause a lot of noise pollution during the day. Tourists who leave pubs, several of who are drunk also cause a lot of noise especially at night. Another conflict between the locals and tourists that occurs in Castleton is that some of the careless tourists drop litter around the village. This is an obvious conflict between the locals and tourists because the locals want to keep the village clean. However, unfortunately this can't be done because some tourists drop litter everywhere. The final conflict between the locals and tourists that occurs in Castleton is that the shops in Castleton only cater for tourists e.g. Gift shops, and if there is a shop that caters for both the tourist and locals the prices are raised so high that the locals cannot afford to buy the items from there.
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There are many other smaller conflicts between the locals and tourists that occur in Castleton. Issues like tourists peering into gardens and cottages causes conflicts because locals want privacy. Other issues that occur in Castleton that causes conflicts are that tourists sit on garden walls, tourists asking the way to places and tourists asking to use café toilets and eventually this begins to irritate the locals. Locals are also worried about their safety at night because of the large number of tourists in Castleton.

The second major conflict that occurs in Castleton is between tourists themselves. ...

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