Lake District National Park
The Lake District is another famous National Park that has had to effectively and carefully manage the environment to reduce impact of tourism, due to the rising amount.
The Lake District National Park was created in 1951. Covering 880 square miles, it is the largest national park in the UK and receives over 12 million visitors a year. People come to the Lake District for many reasons - for hill-walking, rock-climbing, mountain-biking, fishing, or boating - to visit historical buildings, or just to enjoy the beautiful lakes and mountains.
Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District is seen as a honey-port area. This means that it is an attractive, popular spot with a special interest that becomes so overused by tourists that they are starting to change, and eventually lose the character that made it special. The Lake District, like other National Parks, has suffered from many problems due to tourism and has encountered many solutions which will reduce the negative impacts of tourism upon the environment.
