Honeypots are places of attractive scenery, or of historic interest, to which tourists swarm in large numbers. Usually in Honeypots there are lots of problems caused by the tourists. Honeypots are usually busy because of good road access, also because people have more leisure time due to shorter working weeks part time jobs and earlier retirement. Another reason is that people have longer and paid holidays and there are usually lots of campsites and caravan parks near to the Honeypots.
Tourism can be good for the area but it can also be bad. Some advantages are that the tourists will bring in money to the local shops which in turn creates employment. On the other hand there are some disadvantages, such as; Traffic problems (congestion, speed, volume), path erosion, litter, pollution, vandalism, loss of privacy, tourists trespassing, dogs (not on lead, fouling) and parking problems. So it seems that tourism causes mote problems than advantages. In Lealholm the car park is in terrible condition, all of the white lines have been worn away by the cars, because it is very popular. Some of the cars parked in the car park were from places a long distance away, such as, Glasgow, Chesterfield and Scunthorpe.
The North York Moors are in the North of Yorkshire which is in the North East of England. Danby and Lealholm are situated in the north of the North York Moors. The six figure grid reference for Danby is (470500, 508500). The six figure grid reference for Lealholm is (476500, 507500).
Methodology
To carry out the investigation of tourism and sustainability in these sites I needed both primary and secondary data. I got my secondary data from a park warden who gave me annual figures on visitors, activities tourists do, surveys on the disadvantages, history of the park and other info.
I collected primary data in 3 ways, I did a survey of the car parks to find out where the cars were from and the facilities of the car park, I observed the facilities such as toilets and bins to see how good they were and if there were enough of them, I also made a questionnaire with which I approached tourists in the area to find things out. The questions I asked were things like, how often do you visit the North York Moors? Whether or not they were staying in a local Bed and Breakfast or hotel, I asked this to see if they were giving any money back to the local area. I also what do you dislike about the North York Moors? I asked this to see if the tourists were aware of the disadvantages of tourism.
I collected the data on Friday 20th June between 10am and 2pm. Some of the data would have been different according to the day and time. If it was about 12 in the afternoon on a Saturday in summer, then I could expect a lot more tourists and cars.